Dick Donato

Richard Louis Donato, known as "Evel Dick" Donato (born June 24, 1963), a 46-year-old bar manager from Los Angeles, California, is the winner of the reality game show Big Brother 8. He and his daughter, Daniele Donato, are the only family member pair to win the American Big Brother program's top two prizes in the same competition. Dick holds the record as the show's oldest winner (age 44 at the time), and Daniele is the youngest person (having turned 21 during the competition) ever to win one of the American program's top two prizes.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Dick was a stand-in for Keith Richards in the motion picture Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.^[1] Because of Dick's claims to have met, known, or even dated various celebrities, he has been accused of lying just to drop names. However, Dizzy Reed of the rock band Guns N' Roses says that Dick is not a name dropper, that people drop his name.^[2] The nickname "Evel Dick" originated with an email address Dick once made up.^[3] Dick is the father of Vincent and Daniele Donato.

On Day 81, the jury cast a 5-2 vote that crowned Dick the winner of Big Brother 8 and the recipient of $500,000. He received the votes of Dustin Erikstrup, Amber Siyavus, Jessica Hughbanks, Eric Stein and Zach Swerdzewski. He lost the votes of Jen Johnson and Jameka Cameron.

After Big Brother

Dick said he planned to use a portion of the $500,000 to pay for his daughter's college education.^[4] Although directly splitting prize winnings was banned by contest rules and law,^[5][6] he could legally pay for his daughter's education and buy presents.^[7]

On Wednesday, March 19, 2008 episode of Big Brother 9, Dick revealed that with his prize money he had taken Daniele to Europe and bought her a red car.

He was nominated for^[8] and won^[9] the Golden Realitini for Favorite Reality Performer^[10] in the Fox Reality Really Awards for 2007 against Len Goodman, New York, Sanjaya Malakar, Ant (comedian), and Christopher Knight & Adrianne Curry.^[11] He was also nominated for Best Winner, Favorite Villain (which he also won^{[citation needed]}), Favorite Potty Mouth, and Best Fight for his confrontation with Jen Johnson.^[12] Fox Reality Channel recorded the ceremony on October 2, 2007, and aired it on October 13.^[13]

In 2009 TV Guide Named "Evel Dick" on the list of "Evil Reality TV Villains" placing on list next to 12 others including Simon Cowell and Gordon Ramsay ^[14]

In April 2009, Donato posted a blog stating that he would sell autographed copies of a recent copy of Hustler magazine featuring him on the cover. He charged $25 for his autograph, plus mailing him a copy of the magazine, and providing postage both ways. The fee was increased to $30 for a personalized message.

References

External links

• "Evel" Dick Donato on MySpace
• Vincent Donato on MySpace
• Joker's Updates
• Photo Gallery
• Dick Donato at IMDB