Downey, Morton, Jr.

Downey, Morton, Jr.
▪ 2002

      American television talk-show host (b. Dec. 9, 1933, New York, N.Y.—d. March 12, 2001, Los Angeles, Calif.), pioneered tabloid-style television as the abrasive host of The Morton Downey Jr. Show, which aired from 1987 to 1989. Downey worked as an actor, singer-songwriter, and record producer before breaking into radio as a talk-show host in the 1980s. His show became an instant, albeit controversial, hit after moving to television. Known as “Mort the Mouth,” Downey frequently insulted his guests, and his outbursts sometimes provoked raucous arguments and fistfights. The show was eventually canceled. Downey attempted a short-lived comeback with a new show, Downey, in 1995.

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