Robert Pastorelli

Robert Pastorelli
Born	(1954-06-21)June 21, 1954 New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	March 8, 2004(2004-03-08) (aged 49) Hollywood Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–2004
Partner	Charemon Jonovich
Children	2

Robert Joseph Pastorelli (June 21, 1954 – March 8, 2004) was an American actor.

After he acquired a reputation as a skilled character actor in the 1980s and 1990s, Pastorelli's career went into decline after the death of his girlfriend under mysterious circumstances at his home in 1999. He died of a narcotic overdose in 2004.^[1] He was best known as Eldin in Murphy Brown (1988–1994), Johnny C. in Eraser (1996), and Hughey in Michael (1996).

Pastorelli was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of Ledo ("Tally") Pastorelli, an insurance salesman and Dorothy ("Dottie"), an artist.^[2][3] His sister, Gwen Pastorelli, is an opera singer and a real estate agent.^{[citation needed]}

He spent his childhood years in

Pastorelli was exonerated of responsibility for Charemon Jonovich's death and received public expressions of sympathy within Hollywood and from the Los Angeles media, but his career went into noticeable decline afterwards. He appeared in two more cinema productions in small roles in the early 2000s as well as some minor supporting roles in television productions. He developed a friendship with Glenn Close towards the end of his career, and appeared alongside her in the television films The Ballad of Lucy Whipple, and in South Pacific in 2001.^[8] In 2002 he again appeared alongside her at London's Royal National Theatre in a performance of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.^[9] In 2002 he co-founded the Garden State Film Festival. His posthumous final screen appearance was in the film Be Cool (2005).

Pastorelli was found dead at the age of 49 at his home in the

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