Frank Gervasi

Frank Gervasi (1908 – January 21, 1990) was an American foreign correspondent and writer.

Biography Gervasi was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Personal life Gervasi married twice. His first wife was Katherine McQuiggan with whom he had a son, Sean Gervasi. In 1970, he married Jewish American singer Georgia Gibbs. They had first met in Paris in the 1930s, but lost touch with one another for twelve years. The marriage lasted until his death in 1990. His grandson is screenwriter and film director Sacha Gervasi, who wrote The Terminal for Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and directed the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil.

Gervasi died at the age of 81 on January 21, 1990, of a stroke in Manhattan.