@celebrity.death.s: While visiting Rome on June 19, 2013, Gandolfini died suddenly at the age of 51.[96] He had been planning to travel to Sicily a few days later to receive an award at the Taormina Film Fest.[97] After he had spent the day sightseeing with his family in the sweltering heat, his 14-year-old son Michael discovered him unconscious at around 10 p.m. on the floor of his hotel room's bathroom at the Boscolo Exedra Hotel.[98] Michael called reception, who in turn called paramedics, and Gandolfini arrived at the hospital at 10:40 p.m.[99] He was pronounced dead 20 minutes later.[100] An autopsy confirmed that he died of a heart attack