Fahey Flynn | |
|---|---|
 Eyewitness News team, 1972. Back, from left: anchor
John Drury, anchor
Joel Daly. Front, from left: weatherman
John Coleman, anchor Fahey Flynn, sportscaster
Bill Frink. | |
| Born | August 6, 1916
Escanaba, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | August 8, 1983 (aged 67)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | News Anchor |
| Years active | 1953-1983 |
| Employer(s) |
WBBM-TV (1953-1968) WLS-TV (1968-1983) |
Fahey Flynn (August 6, 1916 – August 8, 1983) was a radio and television newscaster who spent the majority of his career in Chicago. Robert Feder of the Chicago Sun-Times described him as "an avuncular Irishman with a jaunty bow tie [and] a twinkle in his eye". [1]
A six-time Emmy winner, [2] Flynn started his career in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1934. [3] Flynn worked in Chicago from 1941 until his death at a hospital there from internal hemorrhaging in 1983 at age 67. [3] From 1953 to 1968, he was an anchor for WBBM-TV. He then joined Joel Daly as co-anchor at WLS-TV, and by 1971 the pair had become Chicago's highest-rated broadcasting team, [1] retaining the lead in Chicago news ratings through 1979.
Flynn, a history and English major, graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 1939 and received the distinguished alumni award in 1978. [4]
Notes
- ^ a b Robert Feder. "Legendary anchorman left lasting impression". Chicago Sun-Times. August 8, 2003. 57.
- ^ "Fahey Flynn, at 67; Radio-TV newsman". Associated Press. Boston Globe. August 10, 1983.
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a
b
"Chicago Newscaster Fahey Flynn Dies". The Pantagraph. August 9, 1983. p. 4. Retrieved May 6, 2015 – via
Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1979-1970 — Alumni". www.uwosh.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
External links
- Fahey Flynn at IMDb