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At the time, Silvio Dante was acting boss, but ended up suffering an asthma attack from the stress. While Tony's recovery seemed uncertain, Vito hinted at the idea that he should take over as boss. Tony was shot by Uncle Junior in the same episode, and was in a coma for the next two episodes. Vito intimidates Finn into silence, first by offering him baseball tickets, but then conveying the impression that if Finn lets the word slip that the consequences could result in his own demise.īy the Season 6 premiere " Members Only" in 2006, Vito had lost over 160 pounds and appeared in a weight loss commercial. In 2004, in the Season 5 episode " Unidentified Black Males", it is disclosed to viewers Vito is in fact homosexual after he is seen performing fellatio on a security guard early one morning at the Esplanade construction site by Meadow's boyfriend, Finn De Trolio. Vito is subsequently promoted to capo of the Aprile Crew, as he was second-in-command. In 2003, in the Season 4 episode " Whoever Did This", Tony Soprano brutally strangles and beats Ralph Cifaretto to death, believing Ralph is responsible for the death of their prized racehorse Pie-O-My. Although the cover story for Jackie Jr.'s death was being "killed by African-American drug dealers", his sister doesn't buy the story, given the fact they grew up in the Mafia world and stating, "He was killed by some fat fuck in see-through socks. Tony pressured Cifaretto into ordering Jackie's death Vito performs his first on-screen murder by shooting Jackie, Jr. shooting and killing Ralph's dealer, Sunshine, in a panic. had gone into hiding after he and his friends hit Ralph Cifaretto's card game, tragically ending with Jackie, Jr. In 2001, in the season 3 finale episode " Army of One", after Jackie Aprile, Jr. Tony Soprano enlists in the help of Bobby Baccalieri's father, Bobby Baccalieri, Sr., to perform the hit on Mustang Sally. Vito is vindictive and demands someone render Sal's comeuppance. In the season 3 episode " Another Toothpick", Vito's brother, Bryan Spatafore, is violently beaten with a golf club by a young hot-head known as Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile and put into a coma. Vito's character is based on Vito Arena, a homosexual mob associate in the Gambino crime family. Vito is inducted into the Aprile crew upon Richie's release from prison and quickly rises through the ranks to Capo after the deaths of capos Richie Aprile, Gigi Cestone and Ralph Cifaretto. Gannascoli, appears in the Season 1 episode, " The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" as pastry shop patron named " Gino". Although Vito Spatafore wasn't introduced on The Sopranos until the Season 2 episode " The Happy Wanderer" as a nephew to fellow mobster Richie Aprile and later a cousin to Adriana La Cerva and Jackie Aprile, Jr, the actor who plays his role, Joseph R.