A fact-based cop show about maverick Newark, N.J., detective Dave Toma. Star Tony Musante didn't take to the rigors of shooting a weekly series, so he left after one season. ABC planned to continue with Robert Blake, but he suggested a title change and a character rewrite and the show was reborn as `Baretta.' The real David Toma appeared in a number of (more…)
Nov 29, 2013 10:22 AM EST
Tony Musante, who played Nino Chibette on Oz, died Tuesday in New York City, The Los Angeles Times reports. He was 77. Musante died from complications following heart surgery. Remember other celebrities we lost this year… Read more
