Yes, Virgilio was a knockaround guy who was tight with all of Merlino's crew when they were growing up in South Philly--his dad was Nick The Blade Virgilio, one of Scarfo's guys (hence the son was "Mikey Pen-Knife"). He died about ten years ago.

A famous moment in the Merlino trial back in the 1990s came when Ralph Natale said that Virgilio and Michael Lancellotti had been the shooters in the Joe Sodano hit--and Jack McMahon asked them both to stand (they were in the back row of the courtroom) so Natale could point them out. Virgilio was shaking so badly from his Tourette's that he didn't seem like much of a hit man--and it played a major part in Natale's credibility being destroyed. And the jury had to wonder--if these guys were the shooters and Natale was credible, why weren't they in jail or on trial?