"Sopranos" star James Gandolfini, who struggled with booze addiction in his final weeks, scarfed down a decadent final meal that included at least eight alcoholic drinks, The Post has learned.
Gandolfini guzzled four shots of rum, two pina coladas, and two beers at dinner with his son — while he chowed down on two orders of fried king prawns and a "large portion" of foie gras, a hotel source in Rome said.
The Emmy Award winner had attended several Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on Perry Street in the West Village, but people who saw him there "didn't think that he was serious about getting sober," said a source familiar with the matter.
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IN THE DRINK: Alcoholic James Gandolfini, in a scene from "The Sopranos," was knocking back booze at his hotel the night of his sudden death in Rome.
"I can confirm he has been known to blow lines and drink like an Irish sailor on weekend leave," said another source.
Photos of Gandolfini in Rome show the actor looking haggard in the days leading up to his death — and he spent a lot of the time with a drink in his hand.
Hours before he keeled over from a massive heart attack, the actor sat down for a 7 p.m. meal with his son, Michael, 13, at the Boscolo Exedra Roma hotel's outdoor restaurant.
Gandolfini, 51, first ordered a pina colada with two additional shots of rum on the side.
He followed that up with an identical round — a pina colada and two shots — and then downed two beers, the source said.
Gandolfini also enjoyed back-to-back orders of fried prawns slathered with mayonnaise chili sauce — as well as a heaping portion of foie gras.
He ate the entire meal himself. Michael had his own dinner and two virgin pina coladas, the source said.
Nearly "everything [Gandolfini] ordered was fried. Obviously, that's going to cause problems with your heart," the source said.
About three hours later, Michael discovered his dad in cardiac arrest in their fourth-floor room.
Six men carried the barechested actor — who was wrapped in a blanket — out of the room, a hotel source said.
Paramedics frantically worked on him on the ride to Umberto I hospital, where doctors spent 40 minutes trying to save him before pronouncing him dead.
The head of the emergency room said Gandolfini appeared to die of natural causes, but officials plan to perform an autopsy.
The previous night, Gandolfini dined al fresco with his son at Sabatini in Rome's Trastevere neighborhood, downing a Campari and soda and a red wine.
"I remember him because he was a very nice person," said his waiter, Andrei Burca, 25. "He had a big smile, a big laugh and looked happy."
Gandolfini's body is in the Rome city morgue, and the US Embassy will make arrangements to return his remains.
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