Career
Despite being passed over for Vice President, Frank remained active in the Township and national politics. He was abruptly removed from office in 1980 by a military coup d"état: on 12 April, a group of enlisted men calling themselves the "People"s Redemption Council murdered President Tolbert, arrested Frank Tolbert and many other high officials, and proclaimed themselves the country"s new government. After a rapid trial in a kangaroo court, Tolbert and the others were summarily executed by firing squad on a Monrovia beach ten days after the coup.
