The Sopranos: 10 Best Minor Characters
9. Vito Spatafore
Vito Spatafore was a minor character in the show that had big implications for the rest of the crew.
After everybody finds out that he is gay, something that is life-threatening to a member of the mafia, and has been getting blowjobs from a member of the construction crew, Vito goes into hiding knowing that the likes of Tony and Sil would hunt him down and finish him.
It is the representation of Vito that was quite ahead of its time on mainstream TV. Nowadays TV shows about homosexuality and LGBTQ characters are more and more common, however, back in the early 2000's this was quite a rare sight to behold.
Vito's story was tragic in that he had children that were forced to live with the 'shame' of having a father who was outed as gay, as well as a wife who was beside herself once she found out. Vito wasn't a bad guy (no worse than any other on the show), he was just in the wrong business in terms of his sexuality.
He was killed by Phil Leotardo after he chose to return to New Jersey, which caused major implications for Tony and his own business with Leotardo.