‘Sopranos’ Star Jerry Adler, Broadway Backstage Vet Turned Late-in-Life Actor, Dies at 96

Actor Jerry Adler arrives for the funeral service of James Gandolfini, star of "The Sopranos," in New York's the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Thursday, June 27, 2013. Richard Drew/AP Photo

NEW YORK—Jerry Adler, who spent decades behind the scenes of storied Broadway productions before pivoting to acting in his 60s, has died at 96.

Adler died Saturday, according to a brief family announcement confirmed by the Riverside Memorial Chapel in New York.