Nope, his death doesn't come until midway through season four, when he is unceremoniously beaten and strangled by Tony. And just like that, without fanfare or spectacle, Ralphie was gone.

Does Ralph die in The Sopranos?

Ralph Cifaretto was a creep, but some fans of The Sopranos are sorry he's gone. The character, played by Joe Pantoliano, was killed by Tony Soprano in Sunday's episode, marking the first major violence on the show this season.

What episode does Adriana get whacked?

But it was the murder of Adriana La Cerva (Drea de Matteo) in the Season 5 episode “Long Term Parking”—regarded by many Sopranos aficionados as one of the series's absolute best—that chilled me to the bone and changed my relationship with the show forever.