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Rogers was a comforting presence in a society that can be anything but.
‘WON’T YOU BE MY neighbor?” The children’s television host Fred Rogers used to sing that at the beginning of every show. And for many who grew up watching
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he seemed more like a neighbor than the ones who lived next door. For some, he still does.
The low-key host, producer and principal puppeteer of a show that started in his hometown Pittsburgh and would go on to become PBS’s longest-running attraction, Rogers was a comforting presence in a society that can be anything but. An ordained Presbyterian minister, devoted lap swimmer and strict vegetarian, he received 50 to 100 letters daily from fans, some of whom were going through hard times, and responded personally to each and every one of them. ....

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