title: Jonathan Dunn-Rankin
text: # Jonathan Dunn-Rankin
  
  Jonathan Dunn-Rankin (November 30, 1930 – December 12, 2014) was an American actor, television journalist, and gay activist.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Jonathan Dunn-Rankin was born on November 30, 1930, in New Jersey. 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.
  
  ## Career
  
  Dunn-Rankin first interned at CBS News in New York City. He later worked as a television journalist in Florida, Cleveland, Ohio, and Phoenix, Arizona. From 1965 to 1977, he worked for KFMB-TV, a television station based in San Diego. Dunn-Rankin also became a stage actor at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.
  
  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". He was also the chairman of the Diversionary Theatre, an LGBT theater in San Diego.
  
  ## Personal life and death
  
  Dunn-Rankin had a partner, David Ramos, and resided in San Diego. He died on December 12, 2014.
  
  