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Frank Edward Fitzsimmons (April 7, 1908 – May 6, 1981) was an American labor leader. He was acting president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1967 to 1971, and president from 1971 to 1981.
May 7, 1981 · Frank E. Fitzsimmons, a trusted deputy who became president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters when James R. Hoffa went to prison, died of cancer today in a San Diego hospital.
May 7, 1981 · May 6, 1981 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Frank E. Fitzsimmons, 73, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the largest labor union in the United States, died of lung cancer...
May 6, 1981 · LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons, who took charge of the nation's largest union when James Hoffa was jailed 14 years ago, died Wednesday of lung cancer. He was 73.
Frank Fitzsimmons (left) and Hoffa (right). Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images Source: Biography, USA Today. Hoffa was released from prison after almost five years on probation granted by the Nixon ...
May 7, 1981 · Fitzsimmons, 73, a protege of former Teamster leader James Hoffa, died Wednesday at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Calif. 'General President Frank E. Fitzsimmons will be buried this morning...
Statement on the Death of Frank Fitzsimmons, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. May 06, 1981. Frank Fitzsimmons was an important and powerful voice in the American labor movement. His death is a sad moment not only for the millions of Teamster union members he so diligently represented but for our nation as well.
