Frank Ford was the stage name of Edward Felbin (September 30, 1916 – March 3, 2009), a talk radio host in Philadelphia.
[1] Born as Edward Felbin, he grew up in the Logan section of North Philadelphia, where he graduated from Simon Gratz High School in 1934.
"[2] Together with partners Lee Guber and Shelly Gross, he opened the Valley Forge Music Fair in Devon, Pennsylvania in 1955, featuring such shows as its inaugural production of The King and I.
[2] Guests on Ford's programs during his career included Lenny Bruce, Abbie Hoffman, Sugar Ray Robinson and Eleanor Roosevelt.
[1] Ford first met his future wife, Lynne Abraham, 24 years his junior, when she helped watch his ill father while his mother ran errands.
"[2] He married Abraham in June 1977, when he was 60 years old and hosting local radio talk shows, and she was a 36-year-old municipal court judge.
Ford was extremely supportive of his wife's post, and regularly attended her press conferences and had her on his radio show until he became ill in October 2008.