MitchSchaft
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Just thought I would announce it since I didn't see anybody else announce it.
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=341A65CD-768C-4B40-A9C20D8A3F1B175A
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=341A65CD-768C-4B40-A9C20D8A3F1B175A
Fred Rogers, host of the U.S. children's television show "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" for more than 30 years, has died of cancer. He was 74. A family spokesman says Mr. Rogers passed away early Thursday at his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had been diagnosed with stomach cancer earlier this year.
Mr. Rogers was best known for the slow, soothing tone he used to speak to his audience during his daily half-hour children's television program. He began each show by singing a theme song - which he wrote - and putting on an old wool sweater. The garment now hangs in the Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
He created Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, in 1963 and hosted the program until his retirement in 2000.
Born and raised near Pittsburgh, Mr. Rogers attended college in Florida, where he earned a degree in music composition in 1951. He worked as a television producer in New York and returned to Pittsburgh in 1953 to co-host The Children's Corner, U.S. public television's first children's program.