{"id":304106,"date":"2025-11-20T23:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/304106\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:19:07","slug":"gotti-star-spencer-lofranco-dead-at-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/304106\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Gotti&#8217; star Spencer Lofranco dead at 33"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Spencer Lofranco died on Tuesday, his brother, Santino Lofranco, confirmed. The \u201cGotti\u201d star was 33.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the legend\u00a0@roccowinning. My brother,\u201d Santino <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRSMvC4kaJC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">began in a heartbreaking Instagram post<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou lived a life only some could dream of. You changed people [sic] lives, and now you are with God. I will always love you and miss you Bear. RIP. October 18, 1992 \u2013 November 18, 2025,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Actor Spencer Lofranco died on Tuesday, his brother, Santino Lofranco, confirmed. The \u201cGotti\u201d star was 33. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the legend\u00a0@roccowinning. My brother,\u201d Santino began in a heartbreaking Instagram post on Thursday.  Instagram\/@santino.lofranco<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou lived a life only some could dream of. You changed people [sic] lives, and now you are with God. I will always love you and miss you Bear. RIP,\u201d he added. Instagram\/@santino.lofranco<\/p>\n<p>Santino shared a carousel of several throwback photos of himself with his brother during their childhood.<\/p>\n<p>He also shared some images of Spencer, including one of the Canadian actor posing next to a black dog.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer\u2019s death is being investigated in British Columbia, Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/11\/20\/spencer-lofranco-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to TMZ<\/a>, which was first to report the news of his death.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer\u2019s death is being investigated in British Columbia, Canada, according to TMZ. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>A cause of death has not yet been determined. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A cause of death has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n<p>As a teenager, Spencer learned how to act at the\u00a0New York\u00a0Film Academy. He then went on to star in a total of seven films, including \u201cAt Middleton,\u201d \u201cJamesy Boy,\u201d \u201cUnbroken\u201d and \u201cKing Cobra.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spencer\u2019s final work on the big screen was in the 2018 Kevin Connolly-directed crime thriller \u201cGotti,\u201d in which the late actor played John Gotti Jr. alongside John Travolta (who portrayed John Gotti Sr.) and Kelly Preston (DiGiorgio Gotti).<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Spencer revealed that he was homeless with his dog. <\/p>\n<p>As a teenager, Spencer learned how to act at the\u00a0New York\u00a0Film Academy. He then went on to star in a total of seven films, including \u201cAt Middleton,\u201d \u201cJamesy Boy,\u201d \u201cUnbroken\u201d and \u201cKing Cobra.\u201d Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Spencer\u2019s final work on the big screen was in \u201cGotti,\u201d in which the late actor played John Gotti Jr. alongside John Travolta (who portrayed John Gotti Sr.) and Kelly Preston (DiGiorgio Gotti). Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Spencer revealed that he was homeless with his dog.  Instagram\/@santino.lofranco<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cw7X2ujTx4A&amp;t=7s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube video<\/a> shared that June, the actor-turned-street-artist ate a \u201cpizza mukbang\u201d while sharing that he was currently living on the Venice Beach boardwalk.<\/p>\n<p>Though Spencer said sleeping on the beach was nice, he admitted that he was \u201cfully exposed\u201d because everyone is \u201calways walking around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no privacy,\u201d he shared, adding that it\u2019s like he lives \u201cin a glass house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Spencer Lofranco died on Tuesday, his brother, Santino Lofranco, confirmed. 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