AAA Jun. 19, 2013 11:40 PM ET AP PHOTOS: The career of James Gandolfini By The Associated Press By The Associated Press FILE - This 1999 file photo provided by HBO, shows James Gandolfini as mob boss Tony Soprano, in an episode from the first season of the HBO cable television mob series, "The Sopranos." AP Photo/HBO, Anthony Neste, File FILE - This Jan. 23, 2000 file photo shows actors Edie Falco, left, and James Gandolfini with their awards for best performance by an actress and actor in a dramatic televison series for "The Sopranos," during the 57th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2004 file photo supplied by the USO, James Gandolfini, poses with a bust of Saddam Hussein during a visit to Camp Doha, Kuwait,on Tuesday, November 16, 2004. Gandolfini and fellow actor Tony Sirico, who plays Paulie Walnuts in the series, visited U.S. troops in Kuwait and Iraq sponsored by the United Service Organizations. Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" helped create one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/USO, Mike Theiler, File) FILE - This Jan. 27, 2008 file photo shows actor James Gandolfini accepting the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series for his work in "The Sopranos" at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file FILE - This file publicity image provided by Dreamworks shows James Gandolfini, as Tom Valco, left, and Ben Affleck, as Drew Latham, in DreamWorks Pictures comedy "Surviving Christmas." AP Photo/Dreamworks, Susanne Tenner, File James Gandolfini, who won three Emmy Awards for his indelible role as mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's "The Sopranos," died while on vacation in Italy at age 51. Gandolfini's performance in "The Sopranos" was career-making, but he worked steadily in film and on stage after the series ended. He earned a 2009 Tony Award nomination for his role in the celebrated production of "God of Carnage." He played Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden hunt docudrama "Zero Dark Thirty." Here are some images that celebrate Gandolfini's career.