Tweets poured in from Hollywood superstars following the death of Emmy award-winning actor James Gandolfini at the age of 51 in Italy.

Susan Sarandon, Rob Lowe, Better Midler, Michael J. Fox, and Val Kilmer were some of the celebrities who took to Twitter to mourn:










Celebrity website TMZ and industry daily Variety reported that ‘The Sopranos’ star suffered a heart attack.

TMZ said Gandolfini was in Italy for the Taormina Film Fest in Sicily, where he was expected to participate in a roundtable discussion with Italian director Gabriele Muccino this weekend.