Silvio Dante

Silvio Was a childhood friend of Tony Soprano.he was involved in much of Soprano,s early criminal activity along with their other friends Jackie Aprile and Ralph Cifaretto.after helping Tony and Jackie Rob the card game of Feech La Manna Silvio Was on the fast track to being made and eventually rose to be Tony,s right-hand.Silvio ran many business for the family including strip club,Bada Bing and a reputable loan Shark business.Silvio(like most mobsetrs) was an unfaithful husband to his wife Gabriella though their relationship was closer than that of Tony with his spouse Carmela.Silvio reported to Tony that His Uncle Junior Planned to have Little Pussy Malanga Killed at the restaurant of their friend from Childhood,Artie Bucco.after this Silvio Was instructed by Tony to detonate an Explosion at the establishment in order to prevent the hit and keep Artie,s patrons from being driven away.Tony hoped this solution would let Artie claim the insurance and not harmful to him in the long run.When their daughter,s soccer Coach Don Hauser revealed  plans to leave an outraged Silvio Joined Tony in attempting intimidation to make him stay.When it was discovered  Hauser had slept With One of his students Silvio Showed disgust and was ecstatic When Tony assigned him the task of eliminating Hauser. However a discussion With Artie prompted Tony to change his mind and he canceled the hit much to Silvio,s frustration.When longtime friend Big Pussy Bonphenseiro Was reported to be a rat by Vin Makazian(a cop on Tony,s payroll) Silvio Was skeptical of the claims and defended Pussy from the accusations levied against him by Makazian however the cop killed himself before they could uncover the truth.Silvio Was instrumental in helping Tony during his war With Junior helping to arrange the hits on Mikey Palmice and Chucky Signore.around this time Tony divulged that he,d been seeing a therapist and Silvio Was surprisingly supportive.Following the war Silvio Was made Tony,s consilgire.When Tony,s nephew Christopher Moltisanti Was shot and hospitalized Silvio tried to comfort her.after Pussy Was discovered to be an FBI informant Silvio Joined Tony and Paulie Gualtieri in Killing their old friend.Silvio Was angered to learn that Tracee(one of the strippers who worked for him) was staying over at Ralph,s instead of Working to repay a debt She Owed him.Ralph make a weak attempt to stand up for Tracce but relented after learning how big the debt was and laughed uncontrollably as he watched Silvio smack her around.later after they were arguing at the Bing Ralph brutally Killed Tracee causing Tony to attack him.Silvio counseled Tony to either forgive Ralph or Kill him.Tony refused to do either as Ralph Was his best earner.after the death of Gigi Cestone Tony bumped Ralph up to capo of the Aprile crew which fortunately kept the situation From Escalating.Silvio,s loyalties wavered When he realised Tony Was positioning Christopher as an intermediary between him and the rest of the family due to their Familial Connection and Silvio grew resentful of this.the resentment led him to encourage Gualtieri Soldiler Patsy Parisi  from the massarone construction site.When questioned by Tony he lied and said the timeline for messed up.Eventually Silvio abandoned this uncharacteristic behaviour and though Tony had noticed it nothing came of it.He also got ti vent his frustrations with Chris during his intervention Which ended With him and Paulie laying a beatdown on Chris.When Adrianna Was discovered to be a rat Tony called her deceiving her into thinking Chris had attempted Suicide and said he was spending Silvio to pick her up.Dante then drove her out into the woods and coldly Killed her as she begged for her life.after Soprano,s cousin Blundetto had created a conflict by Killing Made members in the lupertazzi Crime family,including Billy Leotardo who was brother of capo Phil Leotardo Silvio tried convincing  him to turn Blundetto in but Soprano refused as he knew Phil planned to draw out Blundetto,s suffering and even implied Silvio Would be killed if he did not back his call.later after Soprano Killed Blundetto to prevent a war Silvio put his hand on Tony,s shoulder as if to console his friend.When too earner Vito Spatafore Was outed as gay Silvio told Tony he had to be killed but before a decision could be made Vito had fled into hiding.he later returned and attempted to buy his way back into the business.Tony ultimately realised that it would be wise to Kill Vito as it would appease his other guys and prevent unnecessary tension With Phil.he arranged With Silvio to have Carlo Gervasi commit the murder but before a hit could be carried out Phil had his men beat Vito to death angering Tony Who saw it as Phil,s way of flexing his power over him.When Phil launched war against Tony Silvio Was approached by turncoat Burt Gervasi Who tried to recruit him against Tony but Silvio strangled him to death instead.soon after this he was out into a coma by Phil's guys who were trying to Kill him.he was last seen When Tony pays a visit to him in hospital and holds his friend,s hand for a few moments before leaving.it is presumed he,ll never wake up from the coma.