Jack Hynes, dean of Boston TV news, dies at 88
Jack Hynes, who was known as the dean of Boston TV news during his decades-long career as an anchorman, died Tuesday in the Linden Ponds retirement community in Hingham. He was 88.
He spent about 50 years as a TV news reporter and anchorman in Boston without developing much fondness for the spotlight and its inevitable trappings.
“I do run away from the celebrity status,’’ he told the Globe in 1984. “It never attracted me at all. I don’t get a kick out of being recognized on the street or in restaurants. I’m an unglamorous guy in a glamorous business.’’
