Top 20 Devastating Deaths on The Sopranos

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[@QVAlfista]

Vito did NOT deserve that! They coulda put him on a shelf! So he liked to get hole-poled, big 'effin deal! Now RICHIE and RALPH definitely DESERVED what they got! Despicable P'sOS!

[@ARIXANDRE]

It's great that we can talk Sopranos 17 years later.

[@thehunterstruck]

That shows the absolute MASTERPIECE this show was.

[@kevinchandler179]

The absolute best damn series ever

[@marcusgilmore5211]

@@kevinchandler179they say the Wire was the best show ever. I like both shows not big fan of the last seasons though…

[@NoirFan84]

Cosette's death was the most devastating. The little guy never stood a chance vs Chrissie's arse. 😢

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

HMM! I believe Christopher caused Cosette's demise while flying high, and sitting hard.😜

[@pabulum28]

"Wha? She was barkin?" Paulie, beacon of great sensitivity as usual

[@trippietoadie1296]

Must of crawled under there for warmth

[@marthawood3367]

​@@trippietoadie1296and broke her neck in the process... sad what heroin can do to intelligent reasoning...

[@kinGsaL1515]

He can do drugs and suffocate dogs at the same time he can multi task Adrianna he's not a retard

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

Honorable mention: JT Dolan He literally did nothing to deserve that death

[@CP-3333]

That's an excellent point almost forgot about his character!❤

[@marthawood3367]

You're right... he was an idiot in the wrong place at the wrong time, but did not deserve Chris's wrath. Maybe it was jealousy?

[@ninaarroyo5850]

JT messed up by stating that Chris was in the mafia to his face.

[@PuchitoGuzmán]

“Chris you’re in the mafia!”💥🔫…

[@Jojoburns26]

How could Eugene's death not make the top 20?!?!

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

Tracee’s death is extra heartbreaking because she was pregnant, so Ralph killed her and her unborn child 😢

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

Yes. However she was not murdered. She knew the people she was running with. Going batshi!! on Ralphie was suicide by psychotic nutcase.

[@bootsdad13]

Are you stunad? Ralphie said she fell or something. It’s his fault she’s a klutz?

[@Twiggsthetitan]

Yeah I mean it was probably the most graphic murder of the show either way

[@Hilz28]

Ya, Tracee, Pie-O-My, and Vito's death I have to ff through 😱

[@KimberlyArwen]

Saddest episode

[@harrytasker2727]

I don't know why they always call Matthew Beilaqua's death heartbreaking. If anyone, he had it coming.

[@genius179]

The video mentions the nature of it, specifically Matthew crying out for his mother before getting shot. Then you have Tony at the mall the next day and some 5-year old kid is calling his mother. P.S. it is harder to watch in 2024 for me because I think of George Floyd calling for his mother before he was killed.

[@Trash2000s]

@@genius179thats what grown men do who were never held accountable and they believe their mommy can get them out of anything.

[@CC-jh1vm]

@@Trash2000s what an obnoxious comment. George Floyd did not deserve that humiliation and dehumanization

[@CC-jh1vm]

it's tough to watch because he was a young kid who saw Tony as a hero and wanted to prove himself to Tony. And he was indifferent at best to Tony. It's sad because you realize immediately how empty his destiny was and demonstrated Tony's narcissism

[@CatGamer-wc2ij]

Same with Tracey. Not only do you date him, get pregnant by him, but you keep attacking one of the most dangerous animals live.

[@GrizzyLatrizzy]

Upon first viewing, I thought Tony killed Ralph over the horse. Upon further viewings, it was definitely over Tracee.

[@andyh2783]

It was definitely multiple things Traci prop being tge foremost.

[@Brandinho5]

It was the horse. A major theme of the show is Tony’s love for animals and indifference towards human life as a violent sociopath. It started with the ducks in the pilot

[@GrizzyLatrizzy]

@@Brandinho5 That's way too surface level. The horse was part of it, but so was Tracee.

[@Im3than]

It was confirmed in an interview on the "Talking Sopranos" by David Chase that Tony killed Ralph over Tracee

[@James-ll3jb]

Traci was the most beautiful girl on the show.

[@BigFella117]

“You’ll enjoy this show as long as you don’t get too attached to the characters.” - My mom before she showed me this show

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

If Adriana was only at #2, then… yep. #1 checks out perfectly.

[@jkbawlson391]

Bobby and Adrianna getting killed was tough 😢

[@gabriellaberman]

right?! both were so devastating

[@jkbawlson391]

@@gabriellaberman very devastating

[@JimHugg]

Yeah I missed Adrianna she looked good in that show

[@Mshi-]

Who killed Bobby?

[@jkbawlson391]

@@Mshi- some of Phil Leotard's men got him

[@amandajaydexo]

I literally just rewatched the entire series recently. It's such an amazing show. 💯

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

Great acting !!

[@LadySunflower1224]

Watched the series yrs ago,and watching clips now ❤❤❤❤❤Love this show Toni 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@jamesmorant1406]

1- Saddest death Bobby Adriana 2- Most deserving Phil, Richie, Christopher, and Ralph

[@daveydank5432]

3 tracee- most graphic

[@jamesmorant1406]

@@daveydank5432 And she was pregnant

[@NazellLumpkin]

Had Christopher never gotten hooked on drugs..imo bro would’ve came a made guy by the end of the first season & then maybe a captain in early S2-S3

[@Denis-89]

That sound of Tony choking Chris to death is a sound that still haunts me today. I don't ever need to hear it again

[@83jdc1]

That is not why Tony killed Chris at all. That what he told himself to feel better

[@chrilmill2964]

the person who wrote this does not know how to think critically

[@owenboyd8817]

It was a multitude of reasons. Chrissy was a lose canon. Drug abusing liability and the baby seat detail pushed Tony over the edge. Perfect opportunity to make his life a little easier.

[@83jdc1]

@owenboyd8817 Tony didn't give a damn about that baby, he just used to the baby yo try and justify what he did in his sick mind

[@jorgechacon5396]

By the end of the show tony hates Chris because like Carm Chris began to see Tony for what he really was, it's why Tony put him down after he got clean Tony had to drag him down Chris was on track to be what Tony wanted him to be but in Tony's sick mind that made him better then him and he had to to drag him back down

[@drobert1741]

Chris was a liability for a laundry list of reasons. Picking one over any other reason is irrational.

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

Most satisfying - Ralph Cifaretto Saddest - Adriana La Cerva Funniest - Phil Leotardo Most undeserved - JT Dolan

[@sallyc1515]

Woah don’t forget Phil’s 47 year old kid brudda getting killed by that animal blundetto

[@imthebeatplug_8319]

47 years old, just a kid!

[@ddfdfufff9170]

​@@sallyc1515can't even say his name

[@jackbale5846]

Most undeserved was Vito, killed over a joke that went outta control, he was just there for a prank, he wasn't an ass muncher.

[@roberthenderson5513]

@codyhignbotham66 I Think it's a tie between Ralph and Richie Apreal Richie was nothing like his brother Jackie He's was too hardboiled after his time in prison Remember that pizza owner he put in traction And don't forget before Janice shot him Tony talked to Silvio about taking Richie out.

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

The show deaths are like the ones on Game of Thrones - devastating yet memorable

[@bootsdad13]

This list never had the makings of a Varsity Watchmojo countdown list.

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! 17:28 Poor Adriana. I remember that shocking scene. The shock factor stayed with me for at least for two days back then. 🥶

[@kimmiller4951]

I know!! Yelling ‘No no no NOOOOOOO’ then two days of I can’t believe/how could they???

[@stupendous1068]

I love their mole/moll pun there.

[@gabriellaberman]

I was also in shock for a few days! I would be sitting on the train and all of a sudden be like “omg Adriana’s dead” and feel legitimately sad

[@charleschekumeomoile4062]

Same here

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing video Rebecca from watch mojo of the saddest devastating death in the hit hbo sopranos show,fantastic job.

[@darlenepayne6112]

Did anyone really care when Brendan Filone died? 😂

[@noahcarvalho2105]

“Bring the gabagool.” Scott, Michael

[@WayneHoxit]

Tony soprano rage can be so extreme at times ❤ when he gets pushed to far at times

[@Julian0430]

The real number one: Tony Soprano. So devastating that they couldn’t even show it at the end.

[@Jones_Rustiver]

Tony was killed corleone-style ('members only' guy sitting on a stool at the counter goes n grabs a gat from the diner restroom). The last sight he sees is his family before him (meadow comes through the diner door with the motif of the bell ringing once [and then never] more). This is exemplary as to why this show is still the best thing to come out of TV so far. It's gonna be tough for any other series to ever top The Sopranos.

[@Sindrella.]

The best show of all time, no doubt. Breaking Bad is probably the only series that comes close. Anything else would be a distant distant third.

[@independentsistah]

Check out the Wire. The movie experts say The Wire and Sopranos were the best shows during that time. However, the writing on the Wire was outstanding, and they received several awards for that part.

[@AquarianX]

​@@Sindrella. The Wire is far above the overrated Breaking Bad.

[@eeli-gk4om]

Like his favorite scene

[@gabriellaberman]

the ending of Six Feet Under is just as good, if not better! the finale is one of the highest rated episodes of any show ever

[@joesshows6793]

Good stuff

[@jamesmendonca2900]

I know Joe Pantoliano's Ralph Cifaretto was an evil degenerate, but he was pretty damn memorable during his run. Even in the episode where he died, I like the built-up tension between him and Tony up until he killed him.

[@yoteca]

Why put such a massive spoiler in the thumbnail? The show may be 25 years old, but it’s such a big one, that a thing like this really hurts the experience.

[@97alexk]

Agreed!

[@1malaxhixo]

it ruins this thing of ours

[@yoteca]

@@1malaxhixo we were involved with that ?

[@GaryJ-nt4ov]

watching a top list on deaths is already the viewers' faults

[@yoteca]

@@GaryJ-nt4ov Simply glancing at the thumbnail while scrolling is enough.

[@usuckthereturn]

Old enough to remember a friend taping the show for me to watch the following day back in high school…

[@higherpower254]

Vitos death was 100% justified. Imagine the betrayal that Paulie took😢😢

[@blueferal8626]

Paulie was stabbed in the heart 🤧

[@jec1ny]

@ 16:00 that shotgun knocked Tony Blundetto all the way back to the 1920s.

[@lamamanganyi7680]

Nice

[@DownPulse2011]

14:12 This happened to my neighbor about 4 years ago. She was old. Her daughter is about 55+ and was taking care of her and the years to come, but that day the mom forgot to put the car in park and god rest her soul, it ran her over and did the same thing to her head. My mom helped clean up the driveway and honestly I’m shocked at how “ok” she is with helping with that. Rip Kris’ mom. Her daughter is a great neighbor and we let our dogs talk. She seems to be doing good now a days

[@jon7036]

@5:37 how bad was the budget that all they could afford was a $1 lego gun lol.

[@joshuakim4569]

The size is so small😭

[@ceedivine]

These deaths are memorable for sure.

[@saadali771]

Adriana's death was probably the most heartbreaking one 😭😭 they didn't even get married

[@Jojoburns26]

By my calculations this is the count of people directly responsible for the top 20 deaths : Tony Soprano: 4.83 Silvio Dante: 1.83 Christopher Moltisanti: 1.50 Bobby Baccalieri: 1.00 Ralph Cifaretto: 1.00 Vito Spatafore: 1.00 Janice Soprano: 1.00 Mikey Palmice: 1.00 Brendan Filone: 1.00 Paulie Gualtieri: 0.83 Pussy Bonpensiero: 0.50 Carlo Gervasi: 0.50 Phil Leotardo: > 0.00

[@CarlHowze-s7l]

Gotta go with Johnnie Sac mayne. He stood on business every time and was and was a family man till the end😢

[@dayanerafleets6278]

I LOVED Johnny definitely one of the best characters

[@chrissawyer1502]

Excellent!

[@joemayo3380]

Cover boardwalk empire next please?!

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🥈

[@Reaperguy67]

​@@BlackHatCinephile No One wants your pointless medals in the comments

[@WayneHoxit]

❤ Christophers rage can be so extreme at times when he gets pushed to far at times ❤

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

“Bonpensiero. He’s wired for sound. I’m sorry I know you like him.” “Like him? I fucking _love_ him.”

[@TrunksEDTW]

This popped up in my feed THE DAY BEFORE I watched the Season 5 finale with Tony Bs death lmao. Old show I get it but damn that sucks to get spoiled lol.

[@TheTrueHaddock]

Seeing 'Fat Dom' on this list made me shut it off, lmao.

[@ianmangham4570]

Barry Haydu 😮 GREAT ACTOR ,he was in just about Everything in the 80s

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Bobby's still is haunting

[@StanHalen1936]

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[@BlackHatCinephile]

🏆🥇

[@Reaperguy67]

@@BlackHatCinephile pointless Spam

[@BlackHatCinephile]

@@Reaperguy67 Reported for harassment.

[@Reaperguy67]

​@@BlackHatCinephile 😂🤡 telling your comment is pointless spam is not harassment. It's the truth about what it is. Harassment is like you accusing me of being someone else or having multiple accounts. Learn the difference Bully

[@hulicesgarciaruiz1774]

Tony B.'s death is why I was glad the Soprano outfit crumbles (except Paulie) at the end. Tony should've started the war with Phil right then and there. Smh

[@stupendous1068]

17:38 I like the mole/moll pun.

[@IrvineBrooks]

I love how Tony speaks about Vito should keep his gay persona hide it and far from his home Silvio answer "He was wasn't he" And Tony just nod like yes he was doing that

[@slick_beugyman3443]

5:30 omar from the wire?

[@elsmalls]

Phil coming outta the closet to kill Vito showed the brilliance of this show

[@CelebrityGamerTV]

Drea de Matteo dies in this? Man…I only remember her from “Joey”

[@FATMAN1988]

I still hate the fact that they will never know that Junior put the hit out on his own Brother Dickie 😢😢😢

[@thomaswalker2777]

I still hate that you don’t know that they weren’t brothers. Many of Saints of Newark shouldn’t exist in canon.

[@madcapglass1454]

​@@thomaswalker2777 Not sure why it shouldn't be considered canon. Don't get me wrong, I understand that it wasn't a great (or even very good) movie, especially when compared to the AMAZING content of The Sopranos, but it was still written (in part) and approved by David Chase, so it wasn't exactly fan-fiction. Besides, it didn't actually CHANGE anything about the original story. Other than the revelation that Junior was responsible for Dickie's death, but even then, it didn't necessarily rewrite anything about the original story. The scene where Tony tells Christopher that Haydu killed his father was always seen as suspicious/untrue, so I'm not sure what you mean. Maybe I'm missing something, as I did only watch TMSON one time, and it was when it first released, so if I'm missing something please let me know. It definitely never said that Dickie was Johnny's and Junior's brother, so I have no idea where @fatmansatchel1017 got that idea.

[@samsonhaze6595]

Christopher made me the saddest, he was always one of my favorite characters and to see him nodding out to “comfortably numb”, and then once they’ve crashed, it takes Tony a moment to get his bearings, before making the decision to finish him off, knowing that his heroin addiction was a liability to the family 😢 That, followed by Bobby’s killing in the train shop, who was just trying to buy some models for his train set, and even worse, Vito, who essentially got killed because of his sexual preference/lack of caution about being seen in public/specifically in a gay bar…

[@tylergoodman3560]

Tracee's death was the saddest. 🎉

[@StanHalen1936]

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[@self-proclaimedanimator]

🎉

[@doubleddbeat3418]

By this time, Gigi is the only tv character that got killed by thanksgiving turkey If you know, you know. He should be there. It was shocking.

[@ajfiveohfour]

I legit cried when Bobby went down in Blue Comet.

[@psychshell4644]

Hated Ritchie, Ralphie, and Phil Leotardo.

[@chelseacanales8763]

Tracee’s death was extremely difficult to watch; true story I nearly vomit seeing the episode

[@genius179]

The actress who played Tracee says after her episode aired HBO had a lot of people calling to cancel the channel.

[@stupendous1068]

You might have had some bad food beforehand.

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

19:12 My thought? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Not that beautiful truck!!! You skipped the most tragic of all Cosette, the innocent ball of fur, Christopher sealed his fate when he sat on her while stoned.😂😂

[@marthawood3367]

I agree! That heartbreaking "yip" as a high Chris flops on Cossette was horrible.... it came back to haunt Chris later during the intervention when animal lover Tony went crazy and started the beating on Chris when he heard that he killed "Cute Little Cossette"

[@genius179]

Then the foreshadowing when Tony hears of it and says " . . . I ought to strangle you, you little prick"

[@WanderLustKoi]

Putting Richie above Bobby’s death should be illegal you should be charged

[@kidz4p509]

If only the list was separated between saddest and satisfying instead of merged together.

[@228allday]

Drink water is one of the greatest Nick names of all time

[@Jonyclik]

Ralph's death was one of my favorite scenes, seeing Tony's vengeance after Pie-O-My. Though the one that shocked me the most was Christopher's, because at first I didn't see his daughter's seat.

[@KoujiIsAmazing]

Bobby was the saddest imo. He was such a good guy.

[@Hilz28]

How do you not add Livia to this list?!

[@nathanpigg7527]

Maybe because she died of natural causes while every other person on this list except Johnny Sack died because they got whacked

[@Foxwolfred]

Silvio destroyed that mini vac on the back of that guys head I love to see it every time lol

[@reggiefurlow1]

Tony thought Chris was snitching

[@prolongamer1770]

Tracy’s death hit harder than it should’ve , i really felt myself sympathising with a hooare

[@joshuasill4765]

I thought Tony killed Christopher because the broken car seat revealed Christopher's secret stash of heroin. Tony knew Christopher had to go because: 1. that is how the FBI got Big Puss to flip using a long jail sentence for drugs played against his family 2. Tony warned Christopher to get off the drugs or Christopher will meet his demise and 3. Christopher directly disobeyed Tony's orders by relapsing. All 3 things threatened Tony's very survival.

[@PrinceIsot]

Tracy's death changed Tony, from that point he was never the same. How could you be?

[@mr.j559]

Don’t! Stop believing… hold on that to Tha….

[@adinhdstudios7397]

Im surprised no livia soprano mention

[@rudyramirezjr2309]

Why aren’t these videos ever chaptered? I may not know some of these deaths and don’t want spoilers

[@jamesheath7601]

Don’t watch the video if you haven’t seen every episode I guess

[@dank7256]

I was shocked when he killed Christopher 😮

[@MikeVitale-p1e]

Not sure what constitutes a “devastating” death, but a lot of these had it coming. Also Tracee and Bobby should have been higher on the list. Take Febby and Fat Dom off altogether and add Jackie Sr and Pie-o-My

[@elsmalls]

Silvio's should've been an honorable mention, even tho didn't actually "die"

[@FuerzaImperialOficial]

Phil could of lived on in house form

[@sallyc1515]

“Uncle Philly my ass!”

[@kohnermahan]

I just finished the series today and I’m still crushed about Bobby

[@JYang0602]

Bobby Baccalieri Jr’s Death honest to god caught me so off guard when watching The Sopranos for the first time. Man was just a guy in a Train Store. And every time I rewatch the Sopranos I still can’t believe Bobby is a guy in the Mafia. Man doesn’t look like he even belongs here but is just here as Comedic Relief😂😂😂

[@ianmangham4570]

Forget about it

[@alcook8339]

Adrienne’s death was so heartbreaking. Even then looking at the clip, made me want to cry

[@glengabruch4664]

Mikey Palmice always reminded me of Michael Keaton.

[@gregorylapointe4157]

Tony's death in the final episode should have been #1

[@lanceromance5768]

Doc santoro, Eugene, Gigi, spoons, rusty, Angelo, jimmy altieri. A lot to choose from

[@manoftheusajones5147]

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[@StanHalen1936]

Bump

[@budwhite9591]

So let me get this straight, you are sad and it’s tragic that because Vito was a fanook and was killed? Catching not pitching doesn’t give him a free pass for murder, extortion, battery, or murder.

[@TJDawgs72]

The one thing that I can truly remember about this series, other than how amazing it was, how in the end there was not a single person that you could truly root for. Adriana is the only one that hard to watch go. Every character in the show had so many faults. So many gangster shows glamorize these guys. This is the first show that actually showed them for what they were…lowlife psychopaths that would sell each other out in a second for a few extra dollars.

[@sergiovalmendea]

Fat Dom asked for it. He helped killed Vito.

[@johnvulovich4623]

It was Shawn,it was Shawn!

[@FATMAN1988]

Some of theae deaths i wouldnt consider devastating, more like satisfying 💯

[@kidz4p509]

The list should’ve been separated between saddest and satisfying.

[@Driscoll1997]

you know. This list never had a makings of a varsity athlete

[@jonathandominguez5227]

the way they hit Tony top guys so smoothly is still crazy to me I still feel like somebody helped them

[@JPPJustPerfectPlayers]

13:23 Had to wait 20 years for this entry, had to compromise.

[@marthawood3367]

In the Soprano world, Ralph Ciffaretto's death is the most controversial and argued... he was an ahole that needed to die, but did he kill Pie O'My that enraged Tony into killing him? Hmmm🤔 The best "death" (and dark humor award) is Phil Leotardo... when his head is run over (krunch), and that kid thows up, and the old man yells "Oh, shit!" I didn't know whether to be horrified or laugh (I laughed)

[@bubbsruebella8902]

Jackie Jr must of have been dumb AND deaf. Vito sloshing through the snow, breathing hard, thinking about BJs and Johnny Cakes.

[@kidz4p509]

7:12 Matthew’s death in particular takes a toll on Tony.

[@cedricliggins7528]

Brendan's death was not devastating

[@davidsingleton5010]

Christopher's death and Tony the cousin were the most ethical. Tony's had old yeller vibes

[@leobacelli3459]

Honestly, aside from that poor girl they got beat into a bloody pole because her man who I’m suggesting was probably already married didn’t wanna have the unborn child with her. It’s very very heartbreaking. I must say out of all the women I’ve heard of on this show I feel like Adriana was always the prettiest one out of the group, come on. She’s a good looking thing shouldn’t have gotten down like that. She did the right thing her and her man, even if it did come out a heavy price there’s always a price for love you know and I’m sorry she had to pay you. Maybe she and Chris meet up together in the afterlife you never know.

[@karimfakhran7796]

Can you not put spoilers on the picture of the video? The video was suggested and you spoiled the death of Bobby and Tony B without me even watching the video. I finished the show ans now watched it.

[@DMaintain]

Foolio 😔

[@wilsonbelle6600]

Adriana was such a terrible character. But so were Janice, Meadow, Carmela, and half of the female characters. It's like the creators of crime/mafia media make the women as hatable as possible on purpose.

[@odeleon24]

A lot of people are concerned with Fat Dom’s well being