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Geno Silva

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Moviegoers will never forget an iconic sequence in which his character shot Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino, in “The Price of Power.” Geno Silva passed away on May 9, 2020, at his residence in Los Angeles, due to complications from his dementia.

Born on January 20, 1948, in Albuquerque (New Mexico), Geno Silva reached the peak of his career as a secondary when he was recruited by Brian de Palma to play a hitman who didn’t even have a word in the script in the aforementioned film . . 

Later he would appear as a secondary in Conexión Tequila , by Robert Towne , and  Steven Spielberg signed him for two titles, Amistad , and The Lost World: Jurassic Park . He also lavished himself on television series, such as Murder has been written , or MacGyver .

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