‘Sopranos’ and ‘The Wire’ Star Dies at 84 After Heartbreaking Alzheimer’s Battle

Beloved character actor Charley Scalies died Thursday at age 84 following a battle with Alzheimer’s.

Scalies’ daughter Anne Marie Scalies revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that her father died Thursday at a nursing facility in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

Scalies portrayed stevedore Thomas ‘Horseface’ Pakusa on 12 episodes of The Wire during the show’s second season, which closely examined the economic issues Baltimore dockworkers faced amid changing times.