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Fred Rogers

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Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), commonly known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.

Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Rogers earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951. He began his television career at NBC in New York, returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children's programming at NET (later PBS) television station WQED. He graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a bachelor's degree in divinity in 1962 and became a Presbyterian minister in 1963. He attended the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Child Development, where he began his 30-year collaboration with child psychologist Margaret McFarland. He also helped develop the children's shows The Children's Corner (1955) for WQED in Pittsburgh and Misterogers (1963) in Canada for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1968, he returned to Pittsburgh and adapted the format of his Canadian series to create Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It ran for 33 years, and was critically acclaimed for focusing on children's emotional and physical concerns, such as death, sibling rivalry, school enrollment, and divorce.

Rogers died of stomach cancer on February 27, 2003, 3 weeks before the age of 75. His work in children's television has been widely lauded, and he received more than 40 honorary degrees and several awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1997. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. Rogers influenced many writers and producers of children's television shows, and his broadcasts have served as a source of comfort during tragic events, even after his death.

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Фред Роджерс — американський педагог, пресвітеріанський проповідник, автор пісень, автор і телеведучий. Знімався в дитячому телесеріалі «Наш сусід Містер Роджерс»

З самих ранніх років Роджерс цікавився телебаченням. І, незважаючи на те, що після коледжу він вступив до семінарії, мрією його залишалася робота на телебаченні. Втілити мрію в реальність Фреду допомогла музика. У 1951 році Роджерс став працювати на NBC (в різних музичних проектах, в тому числі і для дітей).

У 1954 році він перейшов на WQED — Пітсбургський державний телевізійний канал — і працював там протягом наступних семи років. Програми Роджерса мали великий успіх і навіть отримували нагороди. У 1963 році Роджерс з відзнакою закінчив Піттсбурзьку духовну семінарію. У тому ж році Роджерс відправився в Торонто, де уклав контракт з компанією Canadian Broadcasting Corporation і став вести передачу для дітей. Після повернення в Піттсбург Роджерс став брати активну участь в справах пресвітеріанської церкви і одночасно продовжив роботу на телебаченні. У 1968 році в світ вийшла програма Роджерса Mister Rogers 'Neighborhood, яка мала великий успіх і була удостоєна декількох нагород. Особисто Роджерс був також не раз премійований, в тому числі нагородою Lifetime Achievement Award.

Фред Роджерс пішов з життя 27 лютого 2003 року.

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