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NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Adler, who spent decades behind-the-scenes of storied Broadway productions before pivoting to acting in his 60s, has died at 96. Adler died Saturday, according to a brief family announcement confirmed by the Riverside Memorial Chapel in New York. Among Adler’s acting credits are “The Sopranos,” on which he played Tony Soprano adviser Hesh Rabkin across …

Getty Images Jerry Adler, the longtime theater director and late-in-life actor who memorably played Hesh on “The Sopranos,” died Saturday at 96. His friend Frank J. Reilly confirmed his death on X Saturday, writing, “The great actor, my friend Jerry Adler died today… You know him from one of his iconic roles [and] from many of his guest appearances… He …