Hugh Downs (1921–2020)
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Hugh Downs, one of the most recognized figures in American television, coanchored ABC's 20/20, hosted NBC's Today show for nine years, and was Jack Paar's sidekick for five years on NBC's Tonight Show. He received multiple Emmy awards throughout his career and is the author of nine books. He and mehr anzeigen his wife, Ruth, live in Paradise Valley, Arizona weniger anzeigen
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My America: What My Country Means to Me, by 150 Americans from All Walks of Life (2002) — Herausgeber — 42 Exemplare
Rings around tomorrow 4 Exemplare
The best years book: How to plan for fulfillment, security, and happiness in the retirement years (1981) 2 Exemplare
A Shoal Of Stars. 1st 2 Exemplare
20/20 July 23, 1993 [transcript #1332] — Host; Correspondent — 1 Exemplar
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Weekly reader : 60 years of news for kids, 1928-1988 (1988) — Einführung; Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 9 Exemplare
Carnival of the Animals Op. 34, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell (1964) — Erzähler — 4 Exemplare
Neighborhoods Within Neighborhoods: Twentieth Century Life on Chicago's Far North Side (2002) — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Downs, Hugh Malcolm
- Geburtstag
- 1921-02-14
- Todestag
- 2020-07-01
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Akron, Ohio, USA
- Sterbeort
- Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
- Todesursache
- natural causes
- Wohnorte
- Lima, Ohio, USA
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
New York, New York, USA - Ausbildung
- Wayne University, Detroit
Columbia University
Hunter College - Berufe
- radio announcer
television host
journalist
composer
writer
advocate for the elderly (Zeige alle 7)
family planning advocate
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His 1995 book “Perspectives” gives some idea of the breadth of his interests. The book is a collection of short essays first presented on the ABC radio show “Perspective.” Not until the acknowledgements at the end of the book does he acknowledge that many of these essays were co-written by his son, H.R. Downs.
Some of these essays are now dated. Others just aren't very interesting, more a recitation of related facts than the expression of an original idea. Yet most of them make amazing, entertaining and informative reading.
He tells of visiting the South Pole and of, in his words, "literally going around the world in twenty-four steps." In another essay he has us imagine the entire solar system as being the size of your thumbnail. In that case, the Milky Way would be the size of the state of Alaska. He writes that clothing is "a kind of advertising," and he says that trousers were invented in Scotland because those kilts can get a bit drafty in the winter. At first men just put a wool sleeve called a trowse on each leg. When eventually sewed together, they became trousers.
He writes about motorcycles (who knew Hugh Downs rode Harleys?), gambling, horses, phobias, left-handedness, dogs, coins, tipping, the free press and other subjects both serious and whimsical. Sometimes he gets personal, as when he tells about appearing on television before he had ever had the chance to watch television.
It was an endlessly fascinating world from Hugh Downs's perspective. A quarter century later his “Perspectives” remains worthwhile reading.… (mehr)