What is Frank Beckmann?
{{infobox person |name= Frank Beckmann |image= Frank Beckmann at 2012 Victors Classic.jpg |caption= Beckmann at the University of Michigan's Victors Classic alumni football game in 2012. |image_size= |birth_name=Frank Carl Beckmann |birth_date= {{birth date|1949|11|3}} |birth_place= [[Kiel]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]], [[West Germany]] |death_date={{death date and age|2022|2|12|1949|11|3}} |death_place=[[Clarkston, Michigan]], U.S. |occupation= Broadcaster |employer= |awards= |years_active= 1969–2021 |alma_mater= |spouse= }} '''Frank Carl Beckmann''' (November 3, 1949{{spnd}}February 12, 2022) was an German-born American broadcaster and talk radio host. He worked as a radio personality on [[WJR]] in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]. He also was the radio play-by-play announcer for [[Michigan Wolverines football|University of Michigan football]] from 1981 to 2013. On February 11, 2022 it was announced that Beckmann was in [[hospice care]] in [[Clarkston, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Retired radio host Frank Beckmann in hospice care, family says|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/02/11/retired-radio-host-frank-beckmann-hospice-care-family-says/6756564001/|date=February 11, 2022|access-date=February 13, 2022|newspaper=The Detroit News}}</ref> He died the next day from problems caused by [[vascular dementia]], aged 72.<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering Frank Beckmann |url=https://www.wjr.com/2022/02/11/remembering-frank-beckmann/ |access-date=13 February 2022 |work=WJR-AM |date=11 February 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beckmann, Frank}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from vascular dementia]] [[Category:German entertainers]] [[Category:American radio personalities]] [[Category:American sports commentators]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Detroit]] [[Category:People from Kiel]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] {{US-bio-stub}}