HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSteven Van Zandt, Adler\u2019s Sopranos co-star, was among those who paid tribute to the late star.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch an honor working with you. Travel well my friend,\u201d Zandt wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Good Wife\u201d creator Robert King said Adler was only meant to be in one episode, but he was so funny that they ended up giving him a full-time role.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe intent was only to have him for one episode of THE GOOD WIFE, but he was so funny in a diner scene, yelling \u2018I said ice cream, you stupid bitch\u2019 we had him back for six years of Good Wife and three years of Good Fight,\u201d King wrote on social media, adding that Adler was \u201cOne of our favorite collaborators.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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