Dick Flavin, an American poet best known as the “poet laureate of the Boston Red Sox”, as well the team’s public address announcer and a journalist, TV commentator and playwright has died.
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Flavin was born on December 7, 1936 and died on December 28, 2022. He was 86 years.
Did Dick Flavin Have Kids?
Dick Favin had one known child, a daughter, Leslie Flavin McCarthy, who announced his death.
Leslie Flavin McCarthy indicated that her father at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth following a fall on Sunday.
Who Was Dick Flavin?
Dick Flavin was born in Boston and grew up in neighboring Quincy, Mass, attended Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, and Stonehill College.
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Flavin became the press spokesman for the Massachusetts State Democratic Committee in 1963, and a speechwriter for several Democratic politicians, including Ted Kennedy.
He went on to become press secretary for the president of the Massachusetts Senate and, in 1967, for the successful campaign of Kevin White for Mayor of Boston.
In 1970, Flavin left politics for political reporting, becoming political editor and reporter for the WNAC-TV in Boston before moving to WBZ-TV in 1973, where he spent 14 years as a commentator.
It was while at WBZ that he was nominated for 14 New England Regional Emmy Awards, winning seven times.
In 1987, Flavin left television to spend all his time on the lecture circuit.
His work as a broadcaster was honored in 2011 with his induction into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
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