What was Fred McFeely Rogers known for?
Q: What was Fred McFeely Rogers known for?
A: Fred McFeely Rogers was an American television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was best known as the creator, composer, producer, head writer, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from 1968 until his retirement in 2001.
Q: How did he become a television icon?
A: In 1968 Eastern Educational Television Network began nationwide distribution of Rogers's new show on WQED. For thirty years after that he became a television icon of children's entertainment and education.
Q: What causes did he support?
A: He supported many public causes including testifying before a U.S. Senate committee to support government funding of children's television and providing testimony before a lower court in favor of fair-use television show recording in the Betamax case.
Q: When did he retire from recording Mister Rogers' Neighborhood?
A: He retired from recording Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in August 2001.
Q: When was he diagnosed with stomach cancer?
A: In October 2002 he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.
Q: When did he die?
A: He died from the disease a few months later on February 27th 2003 - less than a month before his 75th birthday.
Q: What awards or honors has Fred McFeely Rogers received?
A:He has been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W Bush , forty honorary degrees , and a Peabody Award . He was added into the Television Hall of Fame and listed number 35 of TV Guide's Fifty Greatest TV Stars Of All Time . The Smithsonian Institution also has one of his sweaters as a "Treasure Of American History".
