Hugh Downs
Hugh Downs
Hugh Malcolm Downsis a long-time American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as co-host of the NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, host of the Concentration game show from 1958 to 1969, and anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978 to 1999. In addition, he's served as announcer/sidekick for Tonight Starring Jack Paar, host of the PBS talk show Over...
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth14 February 1921
CityAkron, OH
christmas hard
Something about an old-fashioned Christmas is hard to forget.
positive being-happy attitude
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
dirty men want
I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself.
teamwork fate boat
To say, my fate is not tied to your fate, is like saying your end of the boat is sinking.
carpe-diem carpe
Life begins when you do.
hate hatred ifs
Hatred is never anything but fear - if you feared no one, you would hate no one.
research mature introspection
The most mature human insight comes from one's introspection rather than from exterior research.
intelligent moon land
As the first human to land on any world outside the Earth, and probably the first living creature of any sort to come from the Earth and reach the Moon, his legacy will be safe as long as intelligent life survives in this corner of the cosmos.