Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers's biography

Fred McFeely Rogers is 75 years old Christian minister born at Latrobe. Fred was born on Tuesday 20th of March 1928. Fred is often nicknamed as Mr. Rogers, Mister Rogers. According to year of birth 1928 Fred belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 20th of March means he is Pisces. Pisces is a Watery Sign. They are very intuitive people. They are empathic, emotional and highly spiritual in nature.

He is native english speaker. Fred is white american. Fred is citizen of United States of America. Fred is presbyterian. His primary profession is to be Christian minister. You can know Fred also as puppeteer, singer, author, composer, educator, screenwriter, songwriter, television presenter, television producer, theologian. Fred is recently known as television actor.

Fred Rogers's mom

Fred Rogers's mother's name is Nancy Flagg.

Fred Rogers's family

Fred Rogers's ex wife

Joanne Byrd

Fred Rogers and Joanne Byrd have been together.

Fred Rogers's schools

We found 7 schools Fred attended. Complete list of schools: Dartmouth College, Rollins College, Thiel College, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Greater Latrobe Senior High School, Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School.

Detailed informations about Fred´s schools

• Attended and graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida (1951). Was a contemporary of actor Anthony Perkins.

Fred Rogers's career

Fred´s main focus is to be Christian minister. Fred is famous thanks to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Maybe you are curious what instrument does he play ? He plays piano.

Is Fred Rogers gay ?

Fred is known to be straight.

How did Fred Rogers die

Fred died on on Thursday 27th of February 2003 when he was 75 years old at Pittsburgh. Fred Rogerss death was caused by stomach cancer.

Awards and competitions

Fred Rogers's Awards

• Received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as the TV Critics Association.
• Received two George Foster Peabody Awards.
• Received the "Pennsylvania Founder's Award" for his "lifelong contribution to the Commonwealth in the spirit of Pennsylvania's founder, William Penn". [June 1999]
• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6600 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 8, 1998.

What else you don't know about Fred Rogers ?

His middle name is McFeely.

What Fred Rogers has done for a first time

• Books: Mister Rogers Talks with Parents (1983); The New Baby (Mister Rogers' First Experiences Books) (1985); Making Friends (Mister Rogers' First Experiences Books) (1987); Mister Rogers: How Families Grow (1988); You Are Special (1994).
• College classmates and good friends with Robert Newton Peck. Rogers served as best man in Peck's wedding to his first wife.

Fred Rogers's quotes

• I got into television because I hated it so. And I thought there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to nurture those who would watch and listen.
• Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go.
• You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.
• Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
• I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending.
• How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.
• I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.
• Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.
• I am tired of hearing people, who have long ago set aside the concerns of childhood, telling everybody what children really need. I'll tell you what children need: they need adults who will protect them from the ever-ready molders of their world.
• I'd like to be remembered for being a compassionate human being who happened to be fortunate enough to be born at a time when there was a fabulous thing called television that could allow me to use all the talents that I had been given.
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Fred Rogers's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Fred Rogers looks. We will focus on his height, body shape, eye color and hair color. Fred is tall as 6' 0" (183 cm). Body build is average. His eyes are tinted hazel. His hair is shade of salt and pepper.