James Gandolfini’s ex-fiancée died in freak pool accident, friend reveals

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lora Somoza, the former fiancée of The Sopranos actor James Gandolfini, reportedly died last year from slipping into a swimming pool and hitting her head. In what Zoe Moon, a friend of the former film director called a “terrible tragedy”, Ms Somoza was found by her mother after falling into the family’s swimming pool on 5 July, 2020. She went on to say that Ms Somoza and Mr Gandolfini were “so in love with each other” and that separating and ending their engagement in 2005 was “such a sad thing”. “Lora was ready to have kids and James was not, so they made an intellectual decision to part ways.” Mr Gandolfini, who died in 2013 at 51-years-old, had been engaged to Ms Somoza for two years before parting ways in 2005, and went on to wed Deborah Lin, a former model.