Sopranos star and The Wire actor Charley Scalies has died, aged 84, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. His daughter, Anne Marie Scalies, confirmed the news that her father died on Thursday, while being cared for at a nursing home in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He portrayed Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa in 12 episodes of The Wire, as well as playing Tony Soprano's childhood football coach, Coach Molinaro in the acclaimed Mafia series. Anne Marie revealed the news to the Hollywood Reporter .