Tony Ganios, star of the sex comedy “Porky’s” and numerous other cult classic films, has reportedly died. He was 64.
TMZ broke the news Tuesday after an X account from someone claiming to be Ganios’ longtime fiancée, Amanda Serrano-Ganios, shared news of his passing.
“The last words we said to each other were ‘I love you,'” she wrote. “Love is an understatement. You are everything to me. My heart, my soul and my best friend. #I love you #tonyganios.”
“I love you so much, my love. I’m broken,” Serrano-Ganios added in another tweet accompanied by a photo of the couple presumably holding hands.
The Post has contacted a rep for Ganios for comment.
John Friedrich (from left), Ken Wahl, Tony Ganios and Jim Youngs in “The Wanderers.” ©Orion Pictures Corp/Courtesy Everett Collection
Ganios attends the 2023 CollectorFest: New Jersey’s Autograph Supershow at Wayne P.A.L. on March 12, 2023, in Wayne, New Jersey. Getty ImagesSerrano-Ganios also replied to several other X users who expressed their condolences, including a man named Marc, who claimed he was going to meet Ganios in person for the first time in two weeks.
“Thank you, Marc,” she replied. “It’s just unreal to me right now. It was so fast. He hadn’t felt well and hid it from me for days. When he finally told me, and was taken to the hospital, his spinal cord was severely infected. They did surgery, next morning, his heart stopped. I’m crushed.”
Ganios starred as Perry in “The Wanderers” in 1979.
Ganios attends the 2012 Chiller Theatre Expo at the Sheraton Parsippany Hotel on Oct. 26, 2012, in Parsippany, New Jersey. WireImage
Dan Monahan (from left), Mark Herrier, Ganios and Wyatt Knight in “Porky’s Revenge!” ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett CollectionHe also portrayed the fan-favorite Anthony “Meat” Tuperello in the 1980s “Porky’s” sex comedy franchise. Spawning two sequels, the flick was about a group of high school boys looking to lose their virginity in 1950s-era Florida.
