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Gifford, Frank, 1930-2015

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Personal name headingGifford, Frank, 1930-2015
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Variant(s)Gifford, Francis Newton, 1930-2015
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1930-08-16
Death date2015-08-09
Place of birthSanta Monica (Calif.)
Place of deathGreenwich (Conn.)
Profession or occupationSportscasters Football players
Found inThe Frank Gifford story, 1960.
Wikipedia WWW site, viewed Dec. 9, 2010: (Frank Gifford; Francis Newton Gifford; American pro football player and sportscaster; born August 16, 1930)
NYT, August 10, 2015 (Frank Gifford, a gleaming hero of sports and television in an era when such things were possible, who moved seamlessly from stardom in the Giants' offense to celebrity in the broadcast booth of "Monday Night Football," died on Sunday [August 9, 2015] at his home in Greenwich, Conn. Francis Newton Gifford was born on Aug. 16, 1930, in Santa Monica, Calif.; a TV sports broadcaster he was also in the public eye long after his playing days as the husband of Kathie Lee Gifford)
   <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/10/sports/football/frank-gifford-early-nfl-celebrity-as-player-and-broadcaster-dies-at-84.html?_r=0>
Associated languageeng