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|voice = [[Kyle MacLachlan]] <small>(GTA III)</small><br>Unknown <small>(GTA Vice City)</small><br>[[Will Janowitz]] <small>(GTA Liberty City Stories)</small> | |voice = [[Kyle MacLachlan]] <small>(GTA III)</small><br>Unknown <small>(GTA Vice City)</small><br>[[Will Janowitz]] <small>(GTA Liberty City Stories)</small> | ||
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'''Donald Love''' is a recurring character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series | '''Donald Love''' is a recurring character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series. He is the billionaire owner of the [[Love Media]] conglomerate and is also involved in construction and real estate industries (he is a "multi-billionaire" in 2001; he may be partially based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg], who was one of the ten wealthiest men in the world with $5 billion in 2001. Both men also invested in becoming the mayors of their cities). In GTA III he is voiced by [[Kyle MacLachlan]], who has also appeared in ''Desperate Housewives'', and in GTA Liberty City Stories by [[Will Janowitz]], who has also appeared in ''The Sopranos''. The voice actor for Donald Love's appearance in GTA Vice City is not creditted. | ||
==Character history== | ==Character history== | ||
===Life until 1998=== | ===Life until 1998=== | ||
He became the protegé of real estate expert [[Avery Carrington]], often following him with a note pad and pen, including to one of [[Juan Cortez| | He became the protegé of real estate expert [[Avery Carrington]], often following him with a note pad and pen, including to one of [[Juan Cortez|Colonel Cortez']] [[The Party|parties]] and once met [[Tommy Vercetti]], who Avery was hiring to [[Two Bit Hit|start a gang war]] between the [[Cubans]] and the [[Haitians]]. Avery's willingness to use any method to bring down property prices would leave an impression on Love. At some point between [[1986]] and [[1998]] he moved to [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] and established himself as a successful businessman, starting the [[Love Media]] company, purchasing a building in [[Bedford Point]] and opening an [[Car-azy Car Give Away|import garage]]. | ||
===1998=== | ===1998=== | ||
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Love later discovers that O'Donovan has evidence linking him with the Leone Family and sends Toni to [[Love on the Rocks|destroy]] the evidence. The links between Love and the Leone Family, however, are too obvious and the election is won by O'Donovan. Love, having spent all his money on his campaign, is forced to move to a flophouse in [[Pike Creek]], [[Shoreside Vale]]. Love, however, does not give up and later employs Cipriani to [[Panlantic Land Grab|kill]] former mentor Avery Carrington to steal his re-development plans for [[Fort Staunton]], killing many [[Colombian Cartel]] escorts as well, before killing [[Liberty Tree]] reporter [[Ned Burner]], who had witnessed the murder. Cipriani later [[Morgue Party Resurrection|collects the corpses]] of both Carrington and Burner for Love to eat. | Love later discovers that O'Donovan has evidence linking him with the Leone Family and sends Toni to [[Love on the Rocks|destroy]] the evidence. The links between Love and the Leone Family, however, are too obvious and the election is won by O'Donovan. Love, having spent all his money on his campaign, is forced to move to a flophouse in [[Pike Creek]], [[Shoreside Vale]]. Love, however, does not give up and later employs Cipriani to [[Panlantic Land Grab|kill]] former mentor Avery Carrington to steal his re-development plans for [[Fort Staunton]], killing many [[Colombian Cartel]] escorts as well, before killing [[Liberty Tree]] reporter [[Ned Burner]], who had witnessed the murder. Cipriani later [[Morgue Party Resurrection|collects the corpses]] of both Carrington and Burner for Love to eat. | ||
Donald Love also hires Cipriani to destroy the Fort Staunton district of Staunton Island, a Forelli strong hold, which he [[Bringing the House Down|does]], using explosives provided by [[8-Ball]]. Love, confident of his future success, purchases a [[Cartel Mansion|mansion]] in [[Cedar Grove]] and locks himself away, fearing a reprisal from the Colombian Cartel, who [[Love on the Run|attempt to kill]] him but they are thwarted by Cipriani, who takes him to his private jet at [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]], where the bodies of Carrington and Burner are in storage. | Donald Love also hires Cipriani to destroy the Fort Staunton district of Staunton Island, a Forelli strong hold, which he [[Bringing the House Down|does]], using explosives provided by [[8-Ball]]. Love, confident of his future success, purchases a [[Cartel Mansion|mansion]] in [[Cedar Grove]] and locks himself away, fearing a reprisal from the Colombian Cartel, who [[Love on the Run|attempt to kill]] him but they are thwarted by Cipriani, who takes him to his private jet at [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]], where the bodies of Carrington and Burner are in storage. By 2001, the same mansion is taken over by the Cartel, while Donald Love seeks to live in the Love Media tower to avoid certain taxes. | ||
===Life until October 2001=== | ===Life until October 2001=== | ||
Donald Love flies to an unconfirmed location in the United States and continues to expand his business. He is known to have changed laws, been involved in slum clearance and opened casinos across the United States, in the process becoming a "legend" according to a Liberty Tree report. He returns to the city in March 2001, following the return of fellow businessman and rival [[Barry Harcross]], and begins to expand his business empire in the city. He re-establishes [[Love Media]] and purchases over nine hundred radio stations (including [[Chatterbox FM]], [[Double Clef FM]], [[Flashback 95.6]] and [[Head Radio]]), three hundred television stations, four networks, three satellites, ten senators, the [[Liberty Tree]] newspaper, the [[Bitch'n' Dog Food]] company and the thirty-story [[Love Media Building]] in Bedford Point. He also hires an [[Old Oriental Gentleman]] to teach him Tai Chi, sending a private plane to bring him to the city, although the man is arrested by the immigration chief [[Ray Mathers]]. At some point between 1998 and 2001, Love begins to implent his plans redevelop Fort Staunton with the Colombian Cartel and their front company, [[Panlantic Construction Company|Panlantic Construction]], suggesting he had paid the Cartel off. | Donald Love flies to an unconfirmed location in the United States and continues to expand his business, also living on a yacht in the Caribbean. He is known to have changed laws, been involved in slum clearance and opened casinos across the United States, in the process becoming a "legend" according to a Liberty Tree report. He returns to the city in March 2001, following the return of fellow businessman and rival [[Barry Harcross]], and begins to expand his business empire in the city. He re-establishes [[Love Media]] and purchases over nine hundred radio stations (including [[Chatterbox FM]], [[Double Clef FM]], [[Flashback 95.6]] and [[Head Radio]]), three hundred television stations, four networks, three satellites, ten senators, the [[Liberty Tree]] newspaper, the [[Bitch'n' Dog Food]] company and the thirty-story [[Love Media Building]] in Bedford Point. He also hires an [[Old Oriental Gentleman]] to teach him Tai Chi, sending a private plane to bring him to the city, although the man is arrested by the immigration chief [[Ray Mathers]]. At some point between 1998 and 2001, Love begins to implent his plans redevelop Fort Staunton with the Colombian Cartel and their front company, [[Panlantic Construction Company|Panlantic Construction]], suggesting he had paid the Cartel off. | ||
===October 2001=== | ===October 2001=== | ||
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==Personality== | ==Personality== | ||
Donald Love is a cannibal, as seen during the mission [[Cam Pain]], where he eats human ribs and describes human flesh as being "like chicken" but "more sentient". He is also known to throw morgue parties, as revealed in both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, even having Toni Cipriani steal the corpses of Avery Carrington and Ned Burner to eat. | Donald Love is a cannibal, as seen during the mission [[Cam Pain]], where he eats human ribs and describes human flesh as being "like chicken" but "more sentient". He is also known to throw morgue parties, as revealed in both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, even having Toni Cipriani steal the corpses of Avery Carrington and Ned Burner to eat. | ||
In GTA Liberty City Stories, he is much more flamboyant, and still looks to be very young. Only 3 years later, in GTA III, he has a much deeper, more mature voice, puts on some weight and appears to be more towards his forties. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||