Jerry Adler, Beloved ‘Sopranos’ Actor and Broadway Veteran, Dies at 96 Jerry Adler, the actor renowned for his role as Hesh Rabkin on The Sopranos, has passed away peacefully at his New York City home at the age of 96. Born in Brooklyn in 1929 into a family steeped in Jewish and Yiddish theater, Adler spent decades behind the scenes on...