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Events on Thursday 27 February 2003 1
1928 – 2003Fred Rogers (1928-2003)Died 27 February 2003, aged 74Fred Rogers created and hosted the children's television programme 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood', which ran on US public television from 1968 to 2001. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he addressed subjects such as death, divorce and anger in a calm, direct way. He died of stomach cancer.