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The Jazz Genius Behind Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
Most remember the cardigan - but few know about the virtuoso behind the piano. This tribute to Johnny ... Discover how Mr. Rogers and Costa quietly revolutionized kids’ television through ...
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Mr. Rogers’ Death, 22 Years Later: Look Back at the Iconic Host’s Final Days — and His Emotional Last Message to Longtime Fans
Bettmann/Getty Mr. Rogers died of stomach cancer in February ... Rogers went back home and immediately started playing his piano because he missed it so much, Joanne told CBS News in October ...
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Mr. Rogers’ Death, 22 Years Later: Look Back at the Iconic Host’s Final Days — and His Emotional Last Message to Longtime Fans
Mr. Rogers died of stomach cancer in February 2003 ... Following his release, Rogers went back home and immediately started playing his piano because he missed it so much, Joanne told CBS News ...
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Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking Trolley from ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ on ‘Donkey Hodie’
“One of the things that unifies the Mister Rogers Universe in ... producers turned to the same celeste, a mini-piano-like instrument, that Fred Rogers used on the “Neighborhood.” ...
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Lessons from Mr. Rogers on his 95th Birthday
March 20 marks the 95th birthday of Fred McFeely Rogers, otherwise known as Mr. Rogers from the public ... his parents purchased a $50,000 Steinway grand piano for their prodigy son.
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Petition Calls for Mister Rogers’ Fred Rogers Induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
“Because there was such an understated nature about ‘Mister Rogers,’ we forget that he was an incredible musician, piano player, and songwriter,” said Patty. “He has written so many ...
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Composer Bill Sherman on Reimagining Music From ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ and ‘Here Comes Donkey Hodie’ Album
The way Mr. Rogers spoke was melodic in its own sense ... There’s this great jazz piano player in the city. His name’s Andy Ezrin. We sent the tune to him and were like, “Hey, can you ...
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Richard Rogers, high-tech modernist who won architecture’s Pritzker Prize, dies at 88
Richard Rogers, a British architect whose unorthodox, inside-out designs for the Pompidou Center in Paris and Lloyd’s insurance headquarters in London transfixed the architecture world and ...
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50 Iconic Quotes & Inspirational Lessons From Mr. Rogers
Mr. Rogers was bullied. He was overweight and often referred to as “Fat Freddy.” This caused him to become introverted and spend a lot of time by himself. He learned to play the piano and ...
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Joanne Rogers, Mister Rogers’s Mrs., Is Dead at 92
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.
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Joanne Rogers Was More Than Mrs. Rogers, She Was the Epitome of Kindness
Born Sara Joanne Byrd in Jacksonville, Florida in 1928, Rogers took up piano at age five ... to tell me so every time we spoke. God bless Mister and Mrs. Rogers, and may the both of them rest ...