Anonymous ID: 64b92c Jan. 15, 2021, 7:34 p.m. No.12543589   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3629 >>3704 >>3781 >>3937 >>4030 >>4284

BREAKING: Federal records reveal the father of CNN anchor Jake Tapper is a major Democrat donor (and a former Penn neighbor of James Biden), donating $78,500 exclusively to Dems including Joe Biden. Tapper's stepmother, an ex-NYT writer, has kicked in another $4,000 for Democrats

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Anonymous ID: 64b92c Jan. 15, 2021, 7:49 p.m. No.12543783   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4030 >>4284

Joanne Rogers, Mister Rogers’s Mrs., Is Dead at 92

 

Joanne Rogers, who as the gregarious wife of Fred Rogers, the influential creator and host of “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,” spread his message of kindness after his death in 2003, died on Thursday at her home in Pittsburgh. She was 92.

 

Her death was announced by Fred Rogers Productions, which produces children’s programming for public television.

 

“So much a part of me was Fred,” Mrs. Rogers said in a TEDx Talk in 2018. “One of the things he talked about was making goodness attractive, and I think that’s something that we can try to do, and it’s quite an assignment.”

 

Mrs. Rogers was as comfortable being Fred Rogers’s wife as she was performing for nearly 40 years in a piano-playing duo with her college friend Jeannine Morrison. Mr. Rogers was also a trained pianist, but he was not considered as adept as his wife.

 

Over 50 years of marriage, Mrs. Rogers was a supportive force behind her husband, who, starting in 1968, welcomed children into his television neighborhood, where he gently sought to lift their self-esteem and taught them to cope with real-world situations like divorce, racism, death and war. The program ended production in 2001.

 

SAUCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/arts/television/joanne-rogers-dead.html

Anonymous ID: 64b92c Jan. 15, 2021, 7:51 p.m. No.12543814   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4030 >>4284

Philip J. Smith Dies: Former Longtime Chairman Of Broadway’s Shubert Organization Was 89

 

Philip J. Smith, who as the longtime chairman of Broadway’s Shubert Organization was one of the most influential and powerful forces in American theater, died today in New York City of complications of Covid-19. He was 89.

 

Smith’s death was confirmed by daughters Linda Phillips and Jennifer Stein. Smith retired from his position as chairman and co-CEO in June and had most recently held the title of Chairman Emeritus.

 

“We have lost a giant of the American Theatre and a most beloved member of our Shubert Organization family,” said Robert E. Wankel, who succeeded Smith as the chairman and CEO. “Over his 63-year career, Phil Smith influenced every aspect of the professional theatre and earned the respect and admiration of everyone from the stage doormen to the greatest performers and creative talents of our time. He was devoted to his work, his friends, his colleagues and above all, his family. On behalf of the board of directors, the officers and staff of the Shubert Organization, I extend our sincere condolences to his daughters, Linda and Jennifer, and the extended Smith family.”

 

SAUCE: https://deadline.com/2021/01/philip-j-smith-dead-obituary-broadway-shubert-organization-chairman-was-89-1234674869/

Anonymous ID: 64b92c Jan. 15, 2021, 7:53 p.m. No.12543826   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4030 >>4284

NEW: Latest data from Yelp’s Local Economic Impact Report show 60% of the nation's business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns are now PERMANENT

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