"The Sopranos" creator David Chase has clarified the recent reports about the death of James Gandolfini's iconic character Tony Soprano through his representative Leslee Dart.

"A journalist for Vox misconstrued what David Chase said in their interview. To simply quote David as saying, 'Tony Soprano is not dead,' is inaccurate. There is a much larger context for that statement and as such, it is not true," Dart explained in a statement issued to Vulture.

After "The Sopranos" final episode aired in 2007, Chase has always refused to give a clear answer about the questions regarding the final scene, which left viewers with no clue whether the late Gandolfini's mob boss character is dead or not.

Even "The Sopranos" actor Michael Imperioli, who played Christopher Moltisanti who was killed episodes before the finale, is left baffled over the mysterious ending.

"David told me about a year before we shot that how it was going to end. He just described what happened, he didn't say what it meant, and he never told me what it meant. I never asked him. But I remember him telling me that everything goes black and a couple more details," Imperioli told Entertainment Weekly.

Recently, Chase was asked by journalist Martha P. Nochimson if the controversial Gandolfini's character is alive in the end of the series.

"He shook his head 'no' And he said simply 'No he isn't.' That was all," Nochimson wrote about Chase in an article for Vox.

However, according to Dart, "As David Chase has said numerous times on the record, 'Whether Tony Soprano is alive or dead is not the point.' To continue to search for this answer is fruitless. The final scene of 'The Sopranos' raises a spiritual question that has no right or wrong answer."

Earlier this year, Chase told a fan during a panel discussion at New York City's Museum of the Moving Image the idea of "The Sopranos" final scene was "you get killed in the diner or not killed," Entertainmentwise reported.