'Mister Rogers' dies at age 74

[sbcanada]

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Television host Fred Rogers, better known simply as "Mister Rogers," died Thursday after a brief battle with stomach cancer, according to a spokeswoman for his production company.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/27/rogers.obit/index.html

 

[samcurry]

bye mister rogers
900 episodes. what a life.

 

[lacemyster]

bye mister rogers
900 episodes. what a life.

Yeah, more than the simpsons.....
.....bye bye mister rogers......it isn't such a beautiful day in the neighborhood anymore

 

[HomeLAN]

Damn.

 

[Professur]

It scares me to think that his biggest competition was a purple dinosaur.

 

[HomeLAN]

And that he lost.

 

[freako104]

but mr. rogers couldnt lose!! well miss him dearly. the only thing that compares to mr.rogers is seaseme street. purple dinosaur doesnt exsist as far as im concerned. didnt they take barney ff the air yet?? it teaches kids its ok to snuggle up to a carnovour!!!(excerpt from either cracked or mad). good bye mr.rogers. thanks for the beautiful days in our neighbourhood.

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

He didn't lose anything. This will surley dominate the news today. An extremely decent human being. Even the Russians honored the man.

 

[freako104]

He didn't lose anything.

darn right had to be edited i dont want to dishonour him by swearing in here

 

[unclehobart]

I met the man when I was 7. He was the uncle of one of my babysitters growing up and just showed up one day. My parents told me that I freaked out like a groupie.

 

[freako104]

was he as kind as he seemed? i envy you unc

 

[unclehobart]

Abosolutely. He was just a old softy all over.

 

[flavio]

Apparently my Grandfather was about the only mechanic that Mister Roger's would let work on his Model T.

 

[Squiggy]

Couldn't even imagine how many lives he touched over the years. He was an admirable American icon...

 

[PT]

I heard somewhere he was a Marine Sniper in Vietnam, is that true?

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

That would have made him almost forty in 1967. I don't think so. Pretty old marine unless he was an officer and officers don't snipe.

 

[Squiggy]

He was on TV long before '67. Maybe Korean War...

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

But doctor Ruth was a sniper in the Israeli army.

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

Korean War..that's possible.

 

[Squiggy]

Hard to tell what 'tense' you're speaking in, Hex....Guess its true regardless of tense.