Mr.Rogers has passed on.

Options
etrigan
etrigan Posts: 160
edited February 28 in Clubhouse Archives
Fred 'Mister' Rogers Dies of Cancer at 74

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Fred Rogers, who gently invited millions of children to be his neighbor as host of the public television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" for more than 30 years, has died of cancer. He was 74.

From 1968 to 2000, Rogers, an ordained Presbyterian minister, produced the show at Pittsburgh public television station WQED. The final new episode, which was taped in December 2000, aired in August 2001, though PBS affiliates continued to air back episodes




Can you say "Very Sad" ................




I thought you could. :(


CHEERS ! jefff
Art as expression-Not as market campaigns-Will still capture our imaginations.
Post edited by RyanC_Masimo on
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited February 2003
    Options
    Very sad indeed. A great teacher of children. Polite, kind, and gentle.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited February 2003
    Options
    I remember watching him on TV, very sad news.


    Peace Out~:D
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2003
    Options
    Wife and I just read it on CNN.

    An Icon in my opinion. He was a great man and a great teacher. No matter how much we all made fun of him (SNL, and general bullies in the school yard) he will be sorely missed on TV.
    Sean
    XboxLive--->avelanchefan
    PSN---->Floppa
    http://card.mygamercard.net/avelanchefan.png
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,712
    edited February 2003
    Options
    I remember getting up early in the mornings as a kid just to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rodgers. He was the whole reason my sister and I begged my parents for a fish tank!

    Farewell Mr. Rodgers! You'll always be my neighbor.
    Expert Moron Extraordinaire

    You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mikenuts86
    mikenuts86 Posts: 1
    edited February 2003
    Options
    im wearing my cardigan sweater in honor of mr rogers today
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2003
    Options
    I never watched Mr. Rodgers since I was 15 when he came on the air. Everything I know says he was a good man and a positive influence on the little ones. We need more like him.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited February 2003
    Options
    I still watch him!!! it is a great hangovr show...

    I'll echo that Fred was the MAN!

    HBomb
    ***WAREMTAE***
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited February 2003
    Options
    I remember getting plastered in college and cranking out Mr. Rogers songs (on vinyl) from my fourth floor dorm room out into the middle of the courtyard for students in 3 other dorms to listen to VERY LOUDLY. How would you like to wake up to "Won't you be.....my neighbor?" at 3:30 in the morning? :eek:

    AAAHHHH, those were the days.....
    Mains: polkaudio RTi70's (bi-wired)
    Center: polkaudio CSi40 (bi-wired)
    Surrounds: polkaudio FXi30's
    Rear Center: polkaudio CSi30
    Sub: SVS 20-39 PC+
    Receiver: ONKYO TX-SR600
    Display: JVC HD-56G786
    DVD Player: SONY DVP-CX985V
    DVD Player: OPPO DV-981HD 1080p High Definition Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI
    Remote: Logitech Harmony H688
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2003
    Options
    Like Shack, I was also too old to have watched in my youth, but did catch him often as my daughter was growing up.

    Mr. R and Sesame Street... great double bill...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter