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Steve Stephens of Arkansas TV fame dies at 90
Steve Stephens of Arkansas TV fame dies at 90
STEVE STEPHENS: In 2014 photo from his Facebook page.
Steve Stephens, still remembered for a popular local 1950s TV show and whose career included work in investments and a long-running series on Arkansas historical figures, died Friday. He was 90.
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The Encyclopedia of Arkansas, which recorded his death, has a full account of Stephens’ life. The Newport native,  born Rufus James Stephens, was a Marine veteran of Korea and began his communications career as a radio announcer. Then came TV:
Stephens was asked to host a television “dance party,” six months prior to the national launching of the ABC television program,  ....

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