Dom started making jokes about Vito's homosexuality and implied that Carlo was homosexual. Silvio told Dom to leave, but when Dom continued his ridicule, anger got the best of the usually calm consigliere as he smashed his hand-held vacuum over Dom's head and held him while Carlo stabbed him to death.
Lupertazzi crime family boss Phil Leotardo, a virulent homophobe, demanded Vito's death, so Tony quietly arranged for Carlo Gervasi to make a hit on Vito.
Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello (died November 2006) was a soldier of the Lupertazzi crime family in Phil Leotardo's crew. He was murdered by DiMeo crime family mobsters Silvio Dante and Carlo Gervasi for disrespecting the family and for calling Gervasi gay.
The Sopranos - The tragic story of Fat Dom Gamiello
Who was the traitor in The Sopranos?
As it turns out, several of Tony's closest allies betrayed him. However, the most consequential might be Carlo Gervasi. Carlo was a capo and top earner for Tony. In the series finale "Made In America," Tony discovers that Carlo became an informant and posed the greatest threat to Tony going to prison.
'little' Jimmy Altieri, Salvatore 'big Pussy' Bonpensiero, Raymond 'buffalo Ray' Curto & Eugene 'Gene' Pontecorvo were all known (well, known to the audience anyway) FBI snitches. By series end we find out that Carlo Gervasi has followed suit and is “going to testify” against Tony.
Dom started making jokes about Vito's homosexuality and implied that Carlo was homosexual. Silvio told Dom to leave, but when Dom continued his ridicule, anger got the best of the usually calm consigliere as he smashed his hand-held vacuum over Dom's head and held him while Carlo stabbed him to death.
Faustino "Doc" Santoro: Gunned down after leaving a massage parlor in New York City by a trio of gunmen on orders from Phil Leotardo to take over his Lupertazzi crime family boss's title and/or as a revenge for the Gerry Torciano murder and/or as payback for his insults towards Phil.
Rusty Millio: assassinated on orders from Johnny "Sack" via Tony Soprano's enlisted hit men from Italy for potentially trying to take power away from Johnny again. Eddie Pietro: collateral damage from the Millio hit.
The actor, who also worked as a firefighter, appeared in 2008 movie Doubt and in Die Hard 2. An actor from HBO's The Sopranos has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. John Costelloe, who played short-order cook Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski on the hit HBO series in 2006, was found dead in an apparent suicide on Dec.
When Tony's top earner Vito Spatafore, who was also the husband of Phil's cousin Marie was outed as gay and fled into hiding, he wanted to find Vito so that he could kill him as he felt Vito had personally dishonored his family.
Deceased. Phil Leotardo: Shot to death by Walden Belfiore. His head was then run over and crushed by his wife's truck, which was still in drive when she rushed to his aid.
Furio Giunta: a made man from the Naples Mafia headed by Don Vittorio and Annalisa Zucca. He is sent to the United States after a successful trade between Tony and Annalisa.
Vito Spatafore: Beaten to death with a pool cue by Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello and Gerry Torciano on orders from Phil Leotardo. Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello: Stabbed to death by Carlo Gervasi while being held by Silvio Dante in the back room of Satriale's.
Jimmy Altieri: shot by Silvio on orders from Tony Soprano. Chucky Signore: shot by Tony Soprano on his motorboat. Mikey Palmice: shot while out jogging by Christopher and Paulie on orders from Tony.
Gerardo "Gerry" Torciano: Shot multiple times to death while having dinner with Silvio Dante by a hitman on orders from Faustino "Doc" Santoro, to remove him from contention to the Lupertazzi family boss' position.
In an early episode of The Sopranos, James Gandolfini, playing Tony Soprano (the main character and the leader or “Don” of the Soprano mob) was hosting a barbecue in his back yard for other mobsters.
Tony Soprano and Christopher Moltisanti have a higher kill count than Paulie, due to their contributing actions to the deaths of many more characters. However, Paulie takes the lead over both characters by directly killing nine people compared to both Christopher's seven and Tony's eight.
As it was never revealed that Jimmy was a rat, the character was essentially never caught. However, his biggest slip-up was asking way too many questions, which made Tony suspect him. Other informants are much worse, such as Carli Gervasi, who was both homophobic and terrible at his job.
In "The Sopranos," Silvio is a childhood friend of Tony's and only about three years older than Tony. In this movie, Silvio is shown as a balding man about 15 years older than Tony.
Another popular anecdote floating around for years is that Sirico agreed to do the series as long as Paulie never became a “rat,” aka government informant, as the actor had a criminal past and took the issue seriously. It seems that is most likely accurate, as Schirripa noted that Sirico said, “I'll never play a rat.”
Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo (born June 4, 1944) is an American former mobster who was de facto boss of the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family before becoming a government witness in 1999. Fictional mob boss Tony Soprano, the protagonist of the HBO series The Sopranos, is said to be based upon Palermo.
