Hugh Downs, Longtime Broadcaster and Former Today Show Host, Dies at 99




Throughout his career, Downs received two Daytime Emmy Awards: outstanding special class program for Live from Lincoln Center in 1976 and outstanding host or hostess in a talk or service show for Over Easy in 1977.

Downs is survived by his two children: Hugh Raymond and Deirdre Lynn, whom he shared with his late wife Ruth Shaheen. Shaheen died in 2017.

Source: Read Full Article