The Honorable Frank J. Shakespeare Jr. died in his home in Wisconsin on December 14, 2022. He turned 97 years old in April 2022, and lived with his devoted daughter Fredricka and her family during the latter portion of his life.
Frank served as a naval officer at the end of World War II and graduated from Holy Cross College. He became an executive at various large-market television stations, and then was promoted to president of a network “flagship” station, WCBS-TV, 1959–63. Frank became vice president of the CBS Network from 1963 to 1965, and then executive VP of CBS Television from 1965 to 1967.
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