Recently S. Gerhold and R. Garra -F. Polito independently introduced a new function related to the special functions of the Mittag-Leffler family. This function is a generalization of the function studied byÉ. Le Roy in the period 1895-1905 in connection with the problem of analytic continuation of power series with a finite radius of convergence. In our note we obtain two integral representations of this special function, calculate its Laplace transform, determine an asymptotic expansion of this function on the negative semi-axis (in the case of an integer third parameter γ) and provide its continuation to the case of a negative first parameter α. An asymptotic result is illustrated by numerical calculations. Discussion on possible further studies and open questions are also presented.MSC 2010 : Primary 33E12; Secondary 30D10, 30F15, 35R11