The Sopranos creator seems to have confirmed what happened in the show’s controversial final scene, which first aired 12 years ago this week.
Chase: Yes, I think I had that death scene around two years before the end…
David Chase was being interviewed for The Sopranos Sessions, a new book celebrating the HBO series, when he seemed to reveal whether Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) died in the show’s closing moments.
Later, in the book (page 389 for those with a copy), Chase added: “[The point was] that he could have been whacked in the diner.