{"id":594981,"date":"2025-11-26T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/594981\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T12:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:30:50","slug":"oceans-eleven-star-dies-at-84-as-wife-confirms-news-on-actors-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/594981\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean’s Eleven star dies at 84 as wife confirms news on actor’s birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran performer Michael DeLano died following a heart attack at a hospital in Las Vega, his wife has confirmed. He was 84 years old.<\/p>\n

The actor’s widow, Jean DeLano, revealed the news of his death, which happened on October 20, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The couple had been married for 28 years and together for 38 years.<\/p>\n

Mr DeLano was a familiar face on American television throughout the 1970s and beyond, with notable appearances in popular series and films. <\/p>\n

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Michael DeLano has died at 84<\/p>\n

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His career spanned several decades, encompassing both acting and singing roles.<\/p>\n

The entertainer had made Las Vegas his home since 1992, where he continued performing until recently.<\/p>\n

Mr DeLano achieved recognition for his portrayal of lounge crooner Johnny Venture in the CBS sitcom Rhoda, appearing in eleven episodes across the third and fourth series between 1976 and 1978. <\/p>\n

His character unsuccessfully pursued Valerie Harper’s title character following her separation from her husband.<\/p>\n

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Michael DeLano in Supertrain, 1979<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the decade, he secured a prominent role as firefighter Sonny Caputo in ABC’s Firehouse, receiving third billing alongside James Drury and Richard Jaeckel. The drama premiered in January 1974 but was cancelled after thirteen episodes.<\/p>\n

Film audiences recognised him as the casino manager in Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven (2001), a role he reprised in Ocean’s Twelve (2004). <\/p>\n

He also appeared as ill-fated car dealer Forrestal in the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger action film Commando.<\/p>\n

Born Michael Ace Del Fatti on November 26, 1940, in Virginia, the performer never knew his pilot father who died before his birth. <\/p>\n

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Michael DeLano starred in various film and TV roles<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia became his childhood home, where he gained early fame as a featured dancer on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, attracting fan mail from viewers.<\/p>\n

Following military service as a paratrooper in the United States Army, he pursued a recording career in 1960 under the name Key Larson with Swan Records. <\/p>\n

His singles included A Web of Lies and A Little Lovin’ Goes a Long, Long Way.<\/p>\n

The entertainer adopted his professional surname after spotting a flashing neon hotel sign bearing the name DeLano. His transition to acting began with a Chicago production of Hair, which led to his relocation to Hollywood.<\/p>\n

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Michael DeLano in McCloud, 1970<\/p>\n

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Mr DeLano’s extensive television career included guest appearances on numerous popular series throughout the 1970s and 1980s. <\/p>\n

He featured in episodes of The Rockford Files, Wonder Woman, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, Taxi, The A-Team, Cagney & Lacey, and Hill Street Blues.<\/p>\n

He also secured a recurring role as carnival boss Frank Coyne in the NBC primetime soap Flamingo Road during 1980-81. His brief stint as Lou Atkins on NBC’s costly failure Supertrain lasted nine episodes in 1979.<\/p>\n

The performer maintained his singing career in Las Vegas, where he had resided for over three decades.<\/p>\n

Mr DeLano leaves behind his widow Jean, daughter Bree, grandsons Michael and Lincoln, and granddaughter Jaxon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran performer Michael DeLano died following a heart attack at a hospital in Las Vega, his wife has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,4781,77,3063,512,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-594981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-film","12":"tag-sgg","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115616014893862994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}