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THE results of James Gandolfini's autopsy have confirmed the star died of natural causes, amid a report he drank and ate heavily on the night of his death.
The 51-year-old Sopranos star died in Italy earlier this week, and local officials have now confirmed his cause of death was a heart attack.
The results of the actor's autopsy, which was carried out on Friday, were made public by a family friend, Michael Kobold, who held a press conference in Rome.
''Today we received the results of the autopsy, which stated he died of a heart attack, of natural causes,'' Kobold said.
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Asked if Gandolfini had a known pre-existing heart condition, Kobold replied: ''No, he was healthy,'' industry website Variety.com reported.
A reserved sign sits on the booth where the last show of The Sopranos was filmed at Holsten's ice cream parlour, in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
The star's family are now waiting to take his body home, a process which can take as long as 10 days.
They are working with Italian authorities to move things along sooner, and are hopeful Gandolfini's body will be flown back to America on Wednesday or Thursday.
Kobold said Gandolfini's funeral would be held in New York no earlier than Thursday, June 27, Variety reported.
Tony Sirico, Michael Imperioli, James Gandolfini and Steven Van Zandt in 'The Sopranos'.
Kobold said Gandolfini's body had been turned over to a funeral director.
A van with Gandolfini's relatives reportedly arrived at the Umberto I hospital morgue in Rome on Friday.peGandolfini died in Rome on Wednesday local time while on holiday with his 13-year-old son, Michael.
Gandolfini's friend and fellow cast member of The Sopranos, Vince Curatola, speaks about the death of the 51 year old actor. Credit: Fox News
''James came here on a vacation with his family,'' Kobold told the press conference on Friday.
''He had a wonderful day. He visited The Vatican and had dinner at the hotel with his son awaiting the arrival of his sister.''
Michael summoned help after finding his father collapsed in the bathroom of a hotel room, with staff attempting to resuscitate the star as they waited for an ambulance.
James Gandolfini and his wife Deborah Lin at the 2008 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
At Friday's press conference, the hotel manager Francesca Caracciolo denied reports that Gandolfini had downed lots of cocktails and eaten heavily at the hotel shortly before his death, Variety reported.
''I can tell you categorically that those reports are not true,'' she said.
''This was apparently a mix up; whoever leaked this information to the press must have gotten something mixed up,'' Kobold confirmed.
Actors Robert Iler (C), with Edie Falco (L) and James Gandolfini toasting with drinks at the dinner table in The Sopranos
The New York Post reports that the Emmy Award winner had attended several Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on Perry Street in New York's West Village, but people who saw him there "didn't think that he was serious about getting sober," said a source familiar with the matter.
"I can confirm he has been known to blow lines and drink like an Irish sailor on weekend leave," said another source.
james Gandolfini with then-wife Marcy at the 2000 Emmys where he won a best actor award. AFP / Scott Nelson
Photos of Gandolfini in Rome show the actor looking haggard in the days leading up to his death - and he spent a lot of the time with a drink in his hand.
Hours before he keeled over from a massive heart attack, the actor sat down for a 7pm meal with his son, Michael, 13, at the Boscolo Exedra Roma hotel's outdoor restaurant.
Gandolfini, 51, first ordered a pina colada with two additional shots of rum on the side.
He followed that up with an identical round - a pina colada and two shots - and then downed two beers, the source said.
About three hours later, Michael discovered his dad in cardiac arrest in their fourth-floor room.
Six men carried the barechested actor - who was wrapped in a blanket - out of the room, a hotel source said.
Paramedics frantically worked on him on the ride to Umberto I hospital, where doctors spent 40 minutes trying to save him before pronouncing him dead.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Monday in memory Gandolfini.
The governor's order says Gandolfini was an iconic actor who "left a timeless impact upon television and film in the state of New Jersey and across our nation."
Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey, grew up in Park Ridge and attended Rutgers, the state's flagship public university.
The governor says the actor acclaimed for his role as mobster Tony Soprano was also an advocate, in two documentaries, for US servicemen and women and veterans.
Gov. Christie has called Gandolfini a "New Jersey treasure."
- with Agencies
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