Reed Farrell, the president of AFTRA from 1989 to 1993, has died. He passed away July 6 at age 89.
“Reed was a committed unionist with a passion for union service and the betterment of his fellow members,” SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris wrote in a statement on the SAG-AFTRA website. “Our gratitude goes out to him for his many years of dedication to our union.”
According to his bio on the site, Farrell was born Farrell Reed Pasternak in 1930 and grew up in Flint, Michigan. He studied fine arts at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and later majored in drama, radio and television at Los Angeles City College.