Recently, I headed to the famed New Top Jewelry to visit its owner Jane and purchase a pinky ring for a male friend. There, sat a tray of golden 14k gold rings, each fantastically sleazy.

When an actor joined the cast of The Sopranos, it was only a matter of time before you had a run-in with Tony Sirico, who played Paulie “Walnuts ... sneakers and a pinky ring,” Capotorto ...

“I have an arsenal of weapons and an army of men, and I’m going to use them,” Tony Sirico, who played the mob henchman “Paulie Walnuts ... Sirico wore a pinkie ring in real life ...

According to David Chase, the only time an actor ever convinced him to change a line of dialogue on The Sopranos was when Tony Sirico, deeply resentful that his character, Paulie, a mob captain ...

One notable example was Genaro Anthony Sirico, who played Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri, a hilarious, quirky, tough-as-nails enforcer for the Soprano crime family with an unforgettable hairdo.

Tony Sirico, the actor best known as loyal gangster Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri in the HBO drama “The Sopranos,” has died. He was 79. Sirico died Friday morning in an assisted living ...