Green Book Actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. Found Dead in New York
New details have emerged surroundingĀ Frank Vallelonga’s death.
Four months after the Green Book star was found dead in the early hours of Nov. 28, the New York medical examiner’s office has ruled his cause of death as from “acute intoxication due to combined effects of fentanyl and cocaine,” according to Page Six.Ā Frank was 60 years old.
According to a statement to E! News fromĀ the New York Police Department, FrankĀ was found unconsciousĀ outside a sheet-metal manufacturing factory in Hunts PointĀ in the Bronx with no obvious signs of trauma. A 911 caller reported Frank’s body and EMS arrived but were unableĀ to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.Ā
In the aftermath ofĀ The Birthday CakeĀ actor’s passing, the NYPD arrested and chargedĀ 35-year-oldĀ Steven SmithĀ with concealment of a human corpse.
Frank had a series of small roles inĀ the mid 1990s with partsĀ inĀ A Brilliant DisguiseĀ andĀ In the Kingdom of the Blind,Ā theĀ Man with One Eye Is King, before starring inĀ the Oscar-winning movieĀ Green BookĀ in 2018, which was co-written and produced by his brotherĀ Nick Vallelonga.