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Antonio Rosato (26 December 1954 – 10 January 2017) was an Italian-Canadian actor and comedian, who appeared in television and films. He was best known as a cast member on both SCTV and Saturday Night Live, and for voicing Luigi in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.
Rosato died of a heart attack on 10 January 2017, at the age of 62. Saturday Night Live paid tribute to Rosato at the end of its 14 January 2017 episode. A re-animated version of the Super Mario World episode "Mama Luigi", commissioned and directed by animation artist Andrew Dickman within a year with over 227 animators and artists participating, was dedicated to Rosato alongside Harvey Atkin (King Koopa) who died on 17 July. The video was finally released on 29 August 2017.