Background
He is the son of John M. Palermo and Patricia A. Crawford and brother to Jennifer M. Alma and Rick F. Palermo.
He is the son of John M. Palermo and Patricia A. Crawford and brother to Jennifer M. Alma and Rick F. Palermo.
A native of Rochester, New York, Palermo graduated from Webster High School in 2000.
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.
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 his death.
While there, he played football and was a member of the school"s state championship team in 1999.