Frank Talent (né Tallett; 1936 – September 8, 2011) was a former political figure and journalist in the Philadelphia area, best known for his time as a Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission representative who oversaw boxing and professional wrestling.
Francis R. Tallett was an orphan born in 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who attended school at St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys.
[1] He worked as an officer for Philadelphia Municipal Court, and later as a public relations representative of Mayor Frank Rizzo.
[2] The Public Record featured a regular gossip column where Talent would publish political news under his pseudonym of "The Snooper".
[6][7] Following his death, Combat Zone Wrestling held a ten-bell salute for Talent before their show at the former ECW Arena on September 10, 2011.