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How Did John Froyd Die? News Anchor Died At 89

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John Henry Froyd, a former Eau Claire native and WEAU Television news anchor, died. Let’s look at how Former News Anchor John Froyd broke and what caused his death in detail.

How Did John Froyd Die?

John Henry Froyd, 89, a longtime resident of Eau Claire and a WEAU television news anchor, died peacefully on December 3, 2022, in Santa Rosa, California. The cause of death for John Froyd has not yet been revealed. There is no information about John Froyd’s cause of death.

Who is John Froyd?

John was born on August 12, in Minnesota. He spent his childhood in St. Paul during the Great Depression. His family moved to Deephaven when he was five years old, and he spent his boyhood there with his parents, three brothers, and grandparents in a home built by his grandfather near Lake Minnetonka. During the summer, he relished the freedom to swim, fish, and boat to the lake. When he was a student at Deephaven High School, John was an excellent athlete, collecting twelve letters in football, basketball, tennis, and track. After getting his diploma in 1951, John enrolled at the University of Minnesota but was drafted and served as a U.S. Army doctor in Germany during the Korean War.

The career of John Froyd:

John began his broadcasting career more than four decades ago as a DJ at KFAM radio in Minnesota. He eventually worked as a news director and broadcaster at the stations of Tomah, Wisconsin, Rochester, Minnesota, and Green Bay, Wisconsin. When he was there, he made friends with several Green Bay Packers football players and even called the infamous “Ice Bowl” game. It resulted in a lifetime of Packers fandom. While living in Green Bay, John changed careers and produced instructional television programmes. After finding he missed reporting the news, he accepted a position as news director and anchor at KCMT/KNMT in Alexandria, Minnesota, in 1971. For years, he worked relentlessly to expand the department.

Interview With John Froyd:

John enjoyed a good story and had numerous from his time at KCMT, but his family cherished the one about his White House interview with Vice President Walter Mondale. Vice President Mondale tells the Newsweek reporter to wait while he meets with John Froyd, shows John around the White House, and has a long talk with John about Minnesota politics. “Tell Newsweek’s man to wait; I’m meeting with John Froyd.” For the last several years, John has worked as a news anchor at WEAU, Wisconsin. He spent more than 40 years in the media sector before joining WEAU and serving as the 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. News Anchor until 1998.

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