Illness and Death
Colasanto died of a heart attack at his home on February 12, 1985, at the age of 61.
On February 16, 1985, more than 300 people attended his funeral, including his longtime friend, actor George Garro, and John Ratzenberger, the only cast member of Cheers. He is buried in Saint Ann's Cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island. He has been posthumously honored with the picture of Geronimo, which was used by the late Colasanto as part of his dressing room at the studio set of Cheers and was left hanging at the bar wall of the Cheers production set.
On April 19, 1985, Colasanto was awarded posthumously the Best Supporting Actor by Viewers for Quality Television, a defunct non-profit organization that determined what was considered high-quality on television.
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