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Jonathan Dunn-Rankin (November 30, 1930 – December 12, 2014) was an American actor, television journalist and gay activist. Dunn-Rankin had a partner, David Ramos, and resided in San Diego.[1]
Jonathan Dunn-Rankin was born on November 30, 1930, in New Jersey.[1][2] He graduated from Rollins College after serving in the US Army in France, and he earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1958.[1][2]
Dunn-Rankin first interned at CBS News in New York City.[2] He later worked as a television journalist in Florida, Cleveland, Ohio and Phoenix, Arizona.[2] From 1965 to 1977, he worked for KFMB-TV, a television station based in San Diego.[1] Dunn-Rankin also became a stage actor at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.[1] Dunn-Rankin was "a founder of the San Diego Democratic Club, a leader of the Gay Academic Union and an early supporter of Lambda Archives".[3] He was also the chairman of the Diversionary Theatre, an LGBT theater in San Diego.[1]
Jonathan Dunn-Rankin died on December 12, 2014.[1]
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