with the Archive of American Television Downs joked that he sometimes sounds like a midwife when discussing Walters’ career, then added “I didn’t discover her, she discovered herself.”classical music series for PBS. In 2001 he did a guest voice onIn 1986 Downs wrote a memoir called “On Camera: My 10,000 Hours on Television,” and, at the time, he could boast time on the television airwaves than any other person.
Downs was also something of a Renaissance man, who also played classical guitar, wrote orchestral pieces, created his own stereo equipment from scratch, was a pilot, an author, and was also a pro-choice advocate whoHis wife Ruth, to whom he was married for 72 years, died in 2017 at the age of 95. The couple had two children, two grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
I can still hear his voice. An end of an era.
One of the best!
Rip
Oh nooooo! RIP Hugh😥
WOW, such a great man 🙏💗
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