Beloved Mr. Rogers, dead at age 71

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Mr. Rogers died early today from stomach cancer. It's indeed a sad sad day in the neighborhood. :tear:

http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=116004

[ABRAXAAS]

WAHH!:(

[Yuyi]

:tear: I always wanted to be his neighbor :(

[Incompetent]

yeah i saw that earlier, kinda sucks

[Derv]

Dude, all those puppets scared teh shit outta me when I was little... It's still sad that he died tho. I heard somewhere that he was a sniper for the American army in one of the wars. Not sure if this is true.

[Format]

Mr. rogers a sniper? pfft, i dont think so. To bad hes gone :tear:

[Bighoss]

hehe you know why he always wore long sleeve shirts/sweaters. He was in vietnam and he had a tally make tattood to his arm for every kill.

[Hamma]

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[Derv]

I found a website that says he was a sniper....

http://www.angelfire.com/ne/joeyh/personweek5.html

If anyone can tell me whether this is true or not that would be nice. =)

[diluted]

i swear he was a tiiiny bit creepy and the puppets were horrific.
and i dont doubt the war stories.

but it sux hes gone.

[BUGGER]

Him and that trolly thing are kool

Mr. Rogers all the way!

[SpaceDrake]

So what if he was a 1337 sniper?

He kept probably a good 75% of this board's membership entertained when it was 4 years old. The neighborhood is not as fun a place anymore now that he's gone. He can keep the kids in heaven happy alongside Jim Henson, though at least Mr. Rogers had a good run of it. Farewell Fred, you'll be missed.

Fred Rogers
1929-2003
R.I.P

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[Zarparchior]

Indeed, it is a sad day. I remember watching Mr. Rogers when I was but a wee little lad... When you're 3 or 4, that show is awesome. :D

Or should I say was now? In today's environment, children are being barraged by the evils of advertising and in-your-face attitude more and more. And while I'd have to agree somewhat with others (especially now, since I'm older I guess) that it is a bit of a creepy show, it was nevertheless done in good taste.

Mr. Rogers, we'll miss you. :tear:

[ho]

:tear: he shall be missed :|

[TGF NightHawk]

I watched it everyday...."land of make believe"....he died at age 74, by the way!!:tear:

[Lexington_Steele]

Whoa. That just seems sureal and I don't know why. I am not sure it has sunk in for me yet. That was Mr. Rogers. The one some of us grew up with, the one that In Living Color used to spoof. This hits the same way the as the death of Charles Shultz hit.

Man, what a bummer. Rest in peace Fred.