'Jackass' star Vincent 'Don Vito' Margera dead at 59

LOS ANGELES -- One of the stars of the reality series "Jackass" has died.

TMZ is reporting that Vincent Margera, the uncle of Bam Margera who appeared in "Jackass," died Sunday morning at 6:45 a.m. He was 59.

Vincent became famous for pranks he pulled off with Bam on the TV show and "Jackass" movies.

Vincent struggled  with kidney and liver failure for several years. He fell into a coma last month and has been in bad shape ever since.