Fahey Flynn

Fahey Flynn

Fahey Flynn (1916 in Escanaba, Michigan – August 8, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois) 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".Robert Feder. "Legendary anchorman left lasting impression". "Chicago Sun-Times". August 8, 2003. 57.]

A six-time Emmy winner, ["Fahey Flynn, at 67; Radio-TV newsman". Associated Press. "Boston Globe". August 10, 1983.] Flynn worked in Chicago from 1941 until his death from internal hemorrhaging in 1983 at age 67. 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.

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