John Joseph "Johnny" Palermo (March 1, 1982 â€" June 8, 2009) was an
American television actor.A native of Rochester, New York, Palermo
graduated from Webster High School in 2000. He is the son of John M.
Palermo and Patricia A. Crawford and brother to Jennifer M. Alma and
Rick F. Palermo. While there, he played football and was a member of
the school's state championship team in 1999. Johnny also loved to
make movies as a kid using his father's camera and anyone and anything
he could find to star in his feature films. Palermo later attended the
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, where he studied special-effects movie
makeup.In 2002, Palermo moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting
career. He subsequently appeared in more than 30 television shows. He
was a regular on the Nickelodeon series Just for Kicks, and he had
appeared in Everybody Hates Chris as Chris' overgrown classmate Frank
DiPaolo.On June 8, 2009, he and his girlfriend Alessandra Giangrande
were both killed in an early morning car crash in North Hollywood,
California. Giangrande was driving at the time. Palermo was 27 years
old at the time of his death.
American television actor.A native of Rochester, New York, Palermo
graduated from Webster High School in 2000. He is the son of John M.
Palermo and Patricia A. Crawford and brother to Jennifer M. Alma and
Rick F. Palermo. While there, he played football and was a member of
the school's state championship team in 1999. Johnny also loved to
make movies as a kid using his father's camera and anyone and anything
he could find to star in his feature films. Palermo later attended the
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, where he studied special-effects movie
makeup.In 2002, Palermo moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting
career. He subsequently appeared in more than 30 television shows. He
was a regular on the Nickelodeon series Just for Kicks, and he had
appeared in Everybody Hates Chris as Chris' overgrown classmate Frank
DiPaolo.On June 8, 2009, he and his girlfriend Alessandra Giangrande
were both killed in an early morning car crash in North Hollywood,
California. Giangrande was driving at the time. Palermo was 27 years
old at the time of his death.
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