| Frank Warrick | |
| Birth Name: | Francis Michael Warrick |
| Birth Place: | Australia |
| Birth Date: | 1944 |
| Death Date: | 11 May 2021 (aged 76) |
| Occupation: | News presenter, journalist, former DJ |
| Employer: | Seven Network, Nine Network |
| Known For: | Newsreader at Seven Brisbane |
Francis Michael Warrick (1944 – 11 May 2021) was an Australian journalist and newsreader and TV game show host.[1]
Warrick began his career in radio as a disc jockey in Toowoomba in 1963 with AM radio station 4GR,[2] [3] and in 1965 he was the first voice heard on the new Gold Coast AM radio station 4GG.[4] Warrick joined Seven Brisbane as a newsreader in 1976 and served in the position until his retirement in 2001, including a role as co-presenter of 13 years opposite Kay McGrath. In 1991, prison escapee Harold John McSweeney surrendered to Warrick and a television helicopter crew on the Queensland Darling Downs, purportedly to avoid being shot by the Queensland Police.[5] Warrick hosted the game show The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime in 1999—before the program was taken over by sports journalist Sandy Roberts. Warrick was also a regular host on the Australian documentary series The World Around Us. In 1994, Warrick was awarded the OAM for "services to the media, to environment, and to the community".[6]
He died aged 76 on 11 May 2021 following a five-year battle with dementia.[7]