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Susan Stamberg Remembers Mister Rogers

By Susan Stamberg
Published March 1, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

The tributes continue coming, for Fred Rogers, host -- since 1968 -- of the public television children's series Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Fred Rogers died of cancer on Thursday at the age of 74. NPR's Susan Stamberg worked with Fred Rogers some years ago, and has a remembrance for us.

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Nationally renowned broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg is a special correspondent for NPR.
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