RIP Hugh Downs
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I can't provide the WaPo URL; paywall.
Here's for Fox: https://www.foxnews.com/media/hugh-downs-dead-99
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"In 1985, Hugh was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as holding the record for the greatest number of hours on network commercial television (15,188 hours), until he lost the record to Regis Philbin in 2004," the spokeswoman told CBS 5.
And that tells you all you need to know about the trajectory of television in the last 50 years.
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@George-K said in RIP Hugh Downs:
@Catseye3 said in RIP Hugh Downs:
RIP Guinness record holder!
Former record holder