Wp/pgh/Fred Rogers

Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 - February 27, 2003), also cawed Mister Rogers, was an American TV host, author, producer, an Presbyterian minister. He was da maker, runner, an host o da preschul TV series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, dat ran from 1968 ta 2001.

Rogers was born in Latrobe an got a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951. He began his television career at NBC in New York, comin back ta Picksburg in 1953 ta work fer children's programmin at NET (later PBS) TV station WQED. He became a Presbyterian minister in 1963. In 1968, he made Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It ran fer 33 years.

Rogers died o stomach cancer on February 27, 2003 at age 74.