Late actor Tony Lip’s son, Frank Vallelonga Jr., was found dead at the age of 60 in the Bronx area of New York City on Monday morning.

The New York Police Department responded to a call of a body being found outside a sheet-metal manufacturing factory in Hunts Point. Authorities said that the body was reportedly tossed out of a vehicle.

The body was later identified to be of the Green Book actor. Police also said that they have arrested a 35-year-old man named Steven Smith on charges of concealment of a human corpse.

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Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that preliminary investigation hint at a drug overdose to be the cause of death. However, the exact reason for his death would be determined following an autopsy. Police said that Vallelonga Jr.’s body did not show any signs of obvious trauma.

Vallelonga Jr. is the namesake son of the Copacabana bouncer — known as “Tony Lip” — who was portrayed by Viggo Mortensen in the “Green Book” film. The movie tells the true story of the elder Vallelonga’s 1962 road trip with black pianist Don Shirley.

Who was Tony Lip?

Frank Anthony Vallelonga Sr., who is better known by his stage name Tony Lip, was born on July 30, 1930. He was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, to Italian parents, Nazarena and Nicholas Vallelonga.

The actor, who was best known for his portrayal of crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi in the HBO series, The Sopranos, died on January 4, 2013, at age 82.

Lip portrayed real-life Bonanno crime family mobster Philip Giaccone in Donnie Brasco, and real-life Lucchese crime family mobster Francesco Manzo in Goodfellas.

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He had managed to get a small role in The Godfather, his film debut, after meeting Francis Ford Coppola and Louis DiGiamo for the first time at the Copacabana nightclub.

He also co-wrote the book Shut Up and Eat! (2005). His life in the early 1960s was dramatized in the 2018 film, Green Book, where he was portrayed by Viggo Mortensen. The film revolved around the time when he was the driver and bodyguard for the black classical pianist Don Shirley.

Tony Lip was married to Dolores Vallelonga, who died in 1999. He had two children Nick Vallelonga and Frank Vallelonga Jr.