Comedian Freddie Prinze experienced a meteoric rise before the star of hit sitcom “Chico and the Man” died in 1977 death at age 22.
George Lopez is and was a big fan of Prinze, which he discussed during a virtual visit to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Thursday. “You know, it was the only time in my life that I saw somebody for the first time, I think I saw him on ‘The Tonight Show’ with Johnny Carson and I fell in love immediately with him,” said Lopez.
When he learned of Prinze’s death, Lopez — then a teenager — was “in shock,” admitting he felt “traumatized” by the loss but wasn’t really able to share it with anyone who would understand the connection he’d formed to someone that he’d never met.
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