Fahey Flynn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fahey Flynn

American broadcaster

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1916

Place of Birth: Escanaba, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1983

Profession: radio personality

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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".A six-time Emmy winner, Flynn started his career in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1934.
Flynn worked in Chicago from 1941 until his death at a hospital there 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, 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.