Richard Concannon of Boston, Korean War vet, PR co. co-founder
Richard “Dick” Francis Concannon of Boston, a Korean War veteran, died Thursday. He was 89.
He was born in Quincy.
He graduated from Boston English High School in 1947.
Mr. Concannon attended Harvard University, where he majored in history and swam on the Harvard swim team his freshman year.
He served as a sergeant in the Army during the Korean War and was awarded a Purple Heart.
He and his wife were the founders of Bacon Concannon Associates Public Relations, which served many clients including the Boston Tea Party Ship, the Boston Theatre Association, the Boston Philharmonic and the International Institute.
He and his wife also ran Tunnel Radio and the Literati Scene on cable television, interviewing local and international authors, including Cleveland Amory, Max Kennedy, Rick Riordan, Pierre Salinger and Gay Talese.
Mr. Concannon’s passions in life were his wife, his family, travel, golf, books, the Red Sox and the New England Patriots.
He loved playing poker with his grandsons and enjoyed playing football with many of his grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife of 39 years, A. Smoki Bacon; two stepdaughters, Brooks Bacon of New York, N.Y., and Hilary Bacon Gabrieli of Boston; two sisters, Geraldine Evans of Ledyard, Conn., and Joanne Fallon of Hull; five grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.
A memorial service will be held in the fall at Havard Memorial Chapel in Cambridge.
Arrangements by Boston Harborside Home of J.S. Waterman & Sons Waring-Langone, Boston.