HGTV Star Frank Cozzolino Passes Away at 56 On account of Sudden Well being Points

HGTV star Frank Cozzolino has died on the age of 56. 

Cozzolino was recognized for his appearances on Holmes on Properties alongside host and buddy Mike Holmes, and afterward a few of the sequence’ spin-off exhibits like Holmes Household Rescue. The Toronto-born electrician, who died on Thursday, Dec. 4, is survived by his companion Lisa and his daughters Filomena and Alexandria, his obituary states.  

Holmes shared the tragic information of Cozzolino’s passing in an emotional tribute on Instagram, alongside two photographs of him smiling subsequent to his buddy. 

“I’m devastated by the passing of my good buddy Frank Cozzolino,” he wrote within the caption. “Frank made us higher. His impression will stay on in each dwelling he helped. Frank might stroll into the hardest electrical catastrophe, crack a joke in his model, and all of the sudden the entire room felt lighter. That’s simply who he was.” 

Holmes provides that Cozzolino “actually cared” about each home-owner he helped, and concluded the caption by saying, “Frank will eternally be a part of the Holmes household. Miss you buddy.”

In an Instagram Reel shared on Tuesday, Dec. 9, Holmes revealed his buddy skilled well being points over the previous couple of years, with a “sudden” complication leading to his passing. 

“Frank has gone via hell,” Holmes says within the clip. “I imply he’s had a liver six years in the past, that liver failed, he needed to go in and get one other liver. It was contact and go, we thought for certain that he wasn’t going to make it, and he got here again. And impulsively as a consequence of issues, he has handed away Dec. 4.”

He provides, “With nice disappointment from all my household, my pals and everybody that he’s helped. He might be sadly missed. 

The overall contractor additionally recalled his first time assembly Cozzolino on the set of Holmes on Properties, which first premiered in 2003 in Canada. 

“Roughly 25 years in the past, on the very first day of filming Holmes on Properties — it was a model new present — on the finish of the day, in walked an electrician. His title was Frank Cozzolino,” Holmes started the story. 

He remembers Cozzolino coming in to satisfy him as a result of “he needed a lot to assist the householders we have been about to assist.” Holmes provides, “I mentioned to him, ‘We don’t have the cash. Are you able to assist me assist these individuals?’ He mentioned, ‘Sure.’”

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Cozzolino beforehand shared photographs with Holmes on his Instagram account, most just lately on set of Holmes Household Rescue in a Could 2024 publish. The HGTV franchise’s newest installment, Holmes on Properties: Constructing a Legacy, stars Holmes’ kids Sherry and Mike Jr., who each shared their very own tributes to Cozzolino on their social media accounts. 

In a press release shared with PEOPLE, a consultant for HGTV mentioned: “We’re deeply saddened to listen to of Frank Cozzolino’s passing. Frank was an distinctive craftsman whose kindness, integrity, and unwavering dedication touched each mission and each particular person he encountered.”

Per his obituary, Cozzolino based his personal firm Options Electrical, which was “very profitable” and a “testomony to his onerous work and perseverance.”