Famous People
Celebrating Mr. Rogers ...
On March 20th, the TV personality (who died five years ago from cancer) will be honored on what would have been his 80th birthday. Sponsoring the celebration is Mister Rogers’ production company, Family Communications Inc., of Pittsburgh.
Here’s a man whose mother knitted his cardigan sweaters, more than 24 over the course of his TV appearances. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he studied music in college, and got his start in public television with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He never smoked, he never drank and he was a vegetarian who swam every morning. He wrote 200 songs in his lifetime and was famous too for his sneakers.
Check out Mr. McFeely's video about “Sweater Day” on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVeyLr2fGNA
or visit Mister Rogers Neighborhood:
http://pbskids.org/rogers/
Sweet Life notes
P.S. For more about Mr. Rogers and cardigan sweaters:
http://www.cardigansweater.com/mister-rogers
-cardigans.html
or http://www.cardigansweater.com/
(Source: “What’s hot March 20? A Mr. Rogers sweater,” The News & Observer, Thursday, February 28, 2008, p. 2A.)