Uncle Frank Of Kimmel Show Fame Dies At 77

La, Calif. -- Frank Potenza, an old New You are able to City officer who switched to comedy as Uncle Frank on his nephew Jimmy Kimmels late-evening talk show, died early Tuesday. He was 77. An argument from Basic steps Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live! stated Potenza was beloved by his co-employees and considered an uncle to any or all. His kindness and humor is going to be skipped by everybody he touched, the statement stated. This didn't include further particulars. The show is on hiatus until Sept. 6, and ABC was without any immediate details about an on-air tribute to Potenza. The silver-haired Potenza had offered like a officer for 2 decades so that as a personal security officer before Kimmel requested him to become listed on his fledgling show like a guard and cast member in 2003. On Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live! the uniformed Potenza was paired in comedy bits with Guillermo Rodriguez, a genuine-existence parking area security officer for that show. The 2 males also became a member of with Veatrice Grain, another show security officer, inside a unaware discussion about news occasions. Grain died last year. Potenza and the former wife, Conchetta Chippy Potenza, were sent by Kimmel on comic adventures for example focusing on a dairy farm and learning self-defense. A local of Brooklyn, N.Y., along with a Korean War veteran, Potenza offered like a officer for 25 years before being employed as a guard in Vegas and also at St. Patricks Cathedral in Manhattan. Then Kimmel requested him to maneuver to La to utilize him. Potenza is made it by his three kids along with a newborn daughter, based on the shows statement. Funeral plans weren't launched. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.