Rogers, Fred

Rogers, Fred

▪ American television personality
in full  Fred McFeely Rogers , byname  Mister Rogers 
born March 20, 1928, Latrobe, Pa., U.S.
died Feb. 27, 2003, Pittsburgh, Pa.

      American television host, producer, and writer best known for his public television program, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001).

      Following graduation (1951) from Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., with a degree in musical composition, Rogers worked first for NBC in New York City and then for the public television station WQED in Pittsburgh. In 1954 he began what became a seven-year run of writing, producing, and serving as puppeteer for The Children's Corner; 30 segments of the show were broadcast on NBC in 1955–56. He earned (1962) a divinity degree from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and was ordained by the Presbyterian Church, which asked him to continue his television work. Rogers made his on-camera debut in 1963 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Misterogers and in 1966 returned to WQED, where the show became Misterogers' Neighborhood. By 1968 it was being distributed nationally as Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Mr. Rogers began each episode by changing into one of his trademark cardigan sweaters while singing the show's theme song, "It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood."

      Besides producing, writing the scripts, and serving as host, he wrote about 200 songs (including the theme song) for the program, some 1,000 episodes of which were broadcast between 1968 and 2001. The last original episode was taped in December 2000 and broadcast the following August; following the September 11 attacks in 2001, however, Rogers once again appeared on camera to record public-service announcements aimed at informing parents how they could help their children cope with the events. Rogers was honoured with numerous awards, including four Daytime Emmy Awards (Emmy Award), a Lifetime Achievement Award (1997) from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2002). In addition, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., added one of his red cardigans to its collection of Americana.

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