Personal Life
Elias Franklin Freeman was born in Camby, Indiana, to a Quaker family. He left home at age 17, changed his name to Frank Inn, and sought his fortune in Hollywood. He learned to train animals while recovering from a serious automobile accident in Culver City, California.
Inn was married to the former Juanita Heard for 50 years, from 1946 until her death in 1996. They had three children.
After Juanita's death, Inn retired and devoted his time to writing poetry, assembling a museum of memorabilia from his long career, and training a new generation of animal wranglers.
Frank Inn died at age 86 after a brief illness. Inn kept the ashes of many of his beloved animals after they had passed away and it was his wish to have these buried with him. He even had a special coffin made to accommodate the animal urns, however, by the time of his demise things had changed and it was no longer a possibility to inter the urns with him. The animal urns remain with his daughters.
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