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Hate the Sopranos finale? You're not a real fan of the series | Lanre Bakare

Was he killed, or did Tony Soprano eat his onion rings in peace? The final scene was a masterstroke – don’t mess with greatness
‘So much oxygen is dedicated to the Sopranos ending that it’s easy to forget David Chase created seven seasons of the most innovative television that has ever been created.’ Photograph: Will Hart/HBO

Let’s get one thing straight. Tony Soprano didn’t die at . He sat down with his family, put Journey on a jukebox and chomped on some onion rings. Then the screen went black. What happened after that – whether Tony was assassinated by the bloke who walked into the toilet moments before the blackout, or if he lived and had to listen to Meadow discuss her terrible parallel parking – is an unknown and will always remain so. As it should do.

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