Downs, Hugh

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Downs, Hugh
Date of birth
1921-02-14
Date of death
2020-07-01
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Broadcast journalism
Television
Occupation
Television producers and directors
Authors
Composers
Television game show hosts
Television news anchors
Television personalities
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 30816155
Wikidata: Q3097923
Library of congress: n 79072846
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, July 2, 2020(Hugh Downs; Hugh Malcolm Downs (born February 14, 1921, Akron, died July 1, 2020, Scottsdale, Ariz.); retired American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer; co-host of the NBC News program Today from 1962-71, host of the Concentration game show from 1958-69, anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978-99)
  • Author's Yours truly, 1960.
  • LEXIS/NEXIS, Aug. 24, 1998: Celebrity biographies, c1998(Downs, Hugh; tv host, tv announcer; b. Hugh Malcolm Downs in Akron, OH, Feb. 13, 1921; wrote Yours truly)
  • Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-27(b. 1921)