Services for James Gandolfini Held Today at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC

Services for James Gandolfini will be held this morning, June 27, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Family, friends, colleagues and fans are welcome to attend.

The coroner's office in Rome recently confirmed reports that Gandolfini died of a heart attack late Wednesday, June 19th at the age of 51. Now that the results of the autopsy have been released, Roman officials can proceed with issuing a death certificate, enabling Gandolfini's body to be flown to the U.S. for burial.

The actor had been traveling in Italy to participate in the Taormina Film Festival where he was scheduled to participate in a Master Class event on Saturday along with director Gabriele Muccino and actress Marisa Tomei. He was also set to receive a special award during the festival's final evening.

Gandolfini's big break came in 1993 with the film True Romance, followed by his iconic portrayal of 'Tony Soprano' beginning in 1999, a role for which he won three Emmy Awards.

Big screen credits include the upcoming Animal Rescue, as well as The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Zero Dark Thirty, In the Loop, All the King's Men, The Mexican, Fallen, 12 Angry Men, Get Shortly, and more.

Gandolfini appeared on Broadway in God of Carnage for which he was Tony-nominated in 2009, and then reprised the role in 2011 in LA. He also appeared in On the Waterfront and made his Broadway debut with Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin in A Streetcar Named Desire.

He is survived by his wife Deborah Lin, his teenage son and baby daughter.