Apparently the Sopranos Cat Thread Has More Than Nine Lives

A fine story in the New York Daily news in which animal experts interpret the mysterious cat. But, more important, we learn the identity of the fabulous cat itself. Which turns out to be themselves.

Saturday, June 16th 2007, 4:00 AM

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This ginger tabby had the distinction of appearing in the final episode of 'The Sopranos.'

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"The Sopranos" gang may have left viewers seeing triple, but that could have been caused by the ominous stray ginger tabby who stole the show's final episode and, like the Sopranos, has many lives - 27, in fact.

That's because the lone feline actor was, in fact, played by three cats - Timmy, Tommy and Terry - 4-year-old identical siblings who were plucked from a California field where they were abandoned as kittens.

"These were wild, stray cats that were trained to act," said their owner, Debbie Pearl, who runs Paws for Effect, a talent agency based in Los Angeles.