{{Short description|American television personality (1956–2015)}} {{redirect|Don Vito|the character from ''The Godfather''|Vito Corleone|the producer | Don Vito (producer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Vincent Margera | image = Vincent Margera.jpg | caption = Margera in a 2004 episode of ''Viva La Bam'' | birth_name = Vincent Roy Margera | birth_date = {{birth date|1956|7|3}} | birth_place = Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|11|15|1956|7|3}} | death_place = {{nowrap|West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.}} | other_names = Don Vito | occupation = Television personality | known_for = ''Viva La Bam'' | years_active = 2000–2009 | relatives = {{ubl|Phil Margera (brother)|Bam Margera (nephew)|Jess Margera (nephew)|April Margera (sister-in-law)}} }}

'''Vincent Roy Margera''' (July&nbsp;3, 1956<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2016-05-03 |title=What Happened to Don Vito - 2018 Updates |url=https://gazettereview.com/2016/05/what-happened-to-don-vito-update/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Gazette Review |language=en-US}}</ref> – November&nbsp;15, 2015<ref name="inq">{{cite web |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20151116_MTV_star_Vincent_Margera__59__dies_of_liver__kidney_failure.html |title=MTV star Vincent Margera, 59, dies of liver, kidney failure |last=Medina |first=Regina |date=2015-11-16 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=2022-05-22 |quote=Vincent Margera [...] died yesterday of liver and kidney failure, his sister-in-law said. He was 59.}}</ref>), known as '''Don Vito''', was an American reality television personality. He was known for his appearances in ''Viva La Bam'' and the ''CKY'' series alongside his nephew Bam and brother Phil.

==Early life and career== Margera was born in Chester, Pennsylvania,<ref name=":0" /> the son of Darlene and Phillip Margera Sr.<ref name="inq" /> He first appeared in sketches and videos with his family in the ''CKY'' video series, and was later a regular cast member of ''Viva La Bam''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4209895|title=Reality-show "uncle" jailed|newspaper=Denver Post|date=August 19, 2006|access-date=November 17, 2007|first=Karen|last=Auge}}</ref>

In early 2007, Margera featured in Redman's music video "Put It Down," in which he plays a police officer with Donnell Rawlings.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jayson|last=Rodriguez|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1555881/20070329/index.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408155730/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1555881/20070329/index.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 8, 2007|title=Redman Hopes To 'Tweak' Hip-Hop With Timbaland, Snoop|website=MTV|date=March 20, 2007|access-date=November 17, 2007}}</ref> March&nbsp;20, 2007, saw the release of Vito and Ryan Dunn starring in a ''Viva La Bam''-like direct-to-DVD film titled ''Dunn and Vito's Rock Tour''.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Dunn-Vitos-Rock-Tour/dp/B000LPS2PY Dunn & Vito's Rock Tour: Movies & TV: Ryan Dunn, Steve-O, Don Vito], amazon.com; accessed November 16, 2015.</ref>

==Sexual assault conviction== On August 18, 2006, Margera was arrested at the Colorado Mills Mall in Lakewood, Colorado, on suspicion of inappropriately touching two 12-year-old girls. He was released after posting bail of $50,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.today.com/id/14467904 |title=Bam Margera's uncle posts $50,000 bail |publisher=Today.com |date=August 23, 2006 |access-date=September 17, 2007 |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313141338/http://www.today.com/id/14467904 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Margera retained Pamela Mackey as his attorney, who had defended Kobe Bryant in his 2003–2005 sexual assault case.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0215071donvito1.html|title="Don Vito" Dirty Deeds|website=The Smoking Gun|date=February 15, 2007|access-date =September 17, 2007}}</ref>

The trial started on October&nbsp;22, 2007 in Golden, Colorado. Mackey argued that her client had been playing his "goofy, outrageous and vulgar" television persona for the girls,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_7261678|title=Lawyer: Actor's alleged groping was role|newspaper=Denver Post|date=October 24, 2007|access-date=November 17, 2007|first=Ann|last=Schrader}}</ref> portraying Margera as a "benign bumbler," and arguing that his signature arm movement may have been mistaken for breast fondling.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5732847,00.html|title=Suspect termed a benign bumbler|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|accessdate=November 16, 2015|archive-date=October 29, 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071029053659/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5732847,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Margera was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a minor and acquitted on one count.<ref name="dp">{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_7770307|title=Margera must give up "Don Vito" character for 10 years|newspaper=The Denver Post|date=December 20, 2007|access-date=December 20, 2007}}</ref> In December 2007, he was sentenced to 10 years of probation, and ordered to register as a sex offender, receive an evaluation of his mental health, and seek treatment for his alcoholism.<ref name="dp" />

As a result of his arrest, Margera's appearances were removed from the theatrical and DVD release of ''Jackass Number Two''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=145&show=article&a_id=10961|title=MTV to Air Bam Margera Nuptials|newspaper=Long Island Press|year=2007|access-date=September 17, 2007}}</ref>

==Death== Margera, who suffered from obesity and alcoholism,<ref>{{cite news|first=Morgan|last=Sennhauser|url=https://gazettereview.com/2016/05/what-happened-to-don-vito-update/|title=What Happened to Don Vito – 2018 Updates|newspaper=Gazette Review|date=January 2, 2017|accessdate=June 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/23/bam-margera-uncle-don-vito-coma/ |title=Bam Margera's Uncle Vito Wakes From Coma, In Critical Condition |website=TMZ |date=October 23, 2015 |access-date=April 5, 2016}}</ref> collapsed at his home in October 2015. After falling into a coma, he died on November 15, 2015 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, at the age of 59. The cause of death was liver and kidney failure.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moyer |first=Justin |title=Vincent "Don Vito" Margera, reality TV star, dead at 59 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/16/vincent-don-vito-margera-reality-tv-star-turned-sex-offender-dead-at-59/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 1, 2022 |date=November 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2015/11/15/don-vito-vincent-margera-dead-jackass|title='Jackass' Star Vincent 'Don Vito' Margera Dead|website=TMZ|date=November 15, 2015 |access-date=November 15, 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography== === Films === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2000 |''CKY2K'' |Himself |Direct-to-video release |- |2002 |''CKY4: The Latest & Greatest'' |Himself |Direct-to-video release |- |2003 |''Haggard: The Movie'' |Don Vito | |- |2005 |''The Reality of Bob Burnquist'' |Himself |Direct-to-video-documentary |- |2005 |''The Dudesons Movie'' |Himself |Guest appearance |- |2006 |''Jackass Number Two'' |Himself |Scenes deleted |- |2007 |''Jackass 2.5'' |Himself |Scenes deleted |- |2008 |''Dunn & Vito's Rock Tour'' |Himself |Direct-to-video release |- |2009 |''Minghags'' |Various | |- |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2001 |''Jackass'' |Himself |Episode 2.3<br>Cameo |- |2003–2006 |''Viva La Bam'' |Himself |43 episodes |- |2005 |''Totally Busted'' |Himself |2 episodes |- |2005 |''Stankervision'' |Himself |Episode 1.4 |- |2005 |''2005 MTV Video Music Awards'' |Himself |Guest appearance |- |2006 |''The Dudesons'' |Himself |Episode 1.7<br>Guest appearance |- |2007 |''Bam's Unholy Union'' |Himself |Episode 1.9<br>Uncredited |- |2014 |''CKY: The Greatest Hits'' |Himself |Archive footage<br>TV special |- |2017 |''Epicly Later'd: Bam Margera'' |Himself |Archive footage |- |}

=== Music videos === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Artist ! Track ! Role ! Notes |- | 2004 | Clutch | "The Mob Goes Wild" | Himself | |- | 2007 | Redman | "Put It Down" | Police officer | |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|1468310}}

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