Hugh Downs
Jul 16, 2020
1 minute
—Ileane Rudolph
Hugh Downs was affected by knee-buckling stage fright. Between 1950, when he was an announcer on , TV’s first, Downs’ soothing voice and steady presence were an invaluable part of America’s viewing. In fact, he logged more than 15,000 hours on news, game and talk shows in his career (behind only Regis Philbin).
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