Frank James Reynolds was an American television journalist for CBS and ABC News.
10 Facts About Frank Reynolds
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Frank Reynolds was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
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Frank Reynolds served in the US Army during World War II; he was a staff sergeant in the infantry and was awarded the Purple Heart.
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Frank Reynolds was a television anchor in Chicago, first on the original WBKB in 1949, which in 1953 would become WBBM-TV, the CBS owned-and-operated station; he served as Chicago correspondent for CBS News.
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One famous moment in Frank Reynolds' career occurred on March 30,1981, during live news coverage of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
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Frank Reynolds was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in early 1983 and had been absent from his anchor position since April of that year.
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Coincidentally, it was a report from the younger Frank Reynolds while he was a correspondent for UPI which first revealed that James Brady was still alive, leading to the aforementioned outburst from the elder Frank Reynolds.
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Frank Reynolds was diagnosed with multiple myeloma while he was being treated for acute hepatitis.
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In 1985, Frank Reynolds was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Reagan on May 23.
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The ABC footage was later replaced with stock footage, but Frank Reynolds' voice remained on the recording.