Legacy
Frank Gannett died on December 3, 1957 of complications suffered from a fall the previous April. Gannett who started off with virtually nothing, built an empire that would continue on to this day. His obituary in TIME magazine read that “Gannett, 81, publisher-founder of an empire that includes 22 newspapers, four radio and three TV stations.” Frank Gannett is buried in historic Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
The Gannett Corporation remains a major media empire and holding company to this day. The company has 82 daily newspapers in circulation today, including USA TODAY the nation’s No. 1 newspaper. Gannett Corporation newspapers reach 11.6 million readers every weekday and 12 million every Sunday. The company also owns 23 TV stations that reach 21 million households, roughly 18 percent of the United States population.
The libraries at Elmira College, Utica College, and Ithaca College are named for him, in addition to the student health center at Cornell University (Gannett Health Services) and the building that houses the printing and photography programs at Rochester Institute of Technology. The Frank E. Gannett Field House at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania is named after him.
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