Fred Rogers (Person) AKA Fred McFeely Rogers, Mister Rogers
Fred Rogers
1928 AD - 2003 AD
AKA Fred McFeely Rogers, Mister Rogers
Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister.
He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.
Rogers swam daily at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, after waking every morning between 4:30 and 5:30 A.M. to pray and to "read the Bible and prepare himself for the day". He did not smoke or drink.
According to Tom Junod, author of Can You Say ... Hero?, the 1998 Esquire profile of Rogers, he did nothing to change his weight from the 143 pounds (65 kg) he weighed for most of his adult life; by 1998, this also included napping daily, going to bed at 9:30 P.M., and sleeping eight hours per night without interruption. Junod said Rogers saw his weight "as a destiny fulfilled", telling Junod, "the number 143 means 'I love you.' It takes one letter to say 'I' and four letters to say 'love' and three letters to say 'you'".
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