Abe Vigoda, actually dead this time, snubbed by Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ tribute

No, really guys, he's dead this time.

Abe Vigoda — whose death was often rumored, occasionally misreported and anticipated by two websites (AbeVigoda.com and IsAbeVigodaDead.com) poking fun at the confusion — was left out of the Academy Awards "In Memoriam" tribute montage Sunday night.

Vigoda died in Woodland Park last month.

Although omitted from the televised montage, Vigoda did make it into the Oscars' online tribute.

The famed character actor — who played detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series “Barney Miller” and a turncoat Mafia soldier in “The Godfather” — was 94. His daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told The Associated Press last month he died of old age in his sleep.

Vigoda was a fairly unknown actor for much of his career, until his 1972 appearance in "The Godfather" as  Sal Tessio — whose plot to kill Vito Corleone's son Michael and take over the family business goes wrong when Michael anticipates the move. Tessio's famous next-to-last words (before asking: "Tell Mike it was only business. I always liked him."

Other film credits included "Joe Versus The Volcano" and "Look Who's Talking Too."

In 1982, People magazine mistakenly referred to Vigoda as dead. In 1987, a reporter for New Jersey television station WWOR mistakenly called him “the late Abe Vigoda.” Hi was a good-natured participant in jokes about his “death” on David Letterman and Conan O’Brien’s shows.