Text of Rogers' address to the graduating class delivered on June 9, 2002.
A 1998 Brilliant Careers biography and career profile of the children's television star.
Associated Press obituary published on February 27, 2003. [Requires free registration.]
A short, informal interview in which Fred Rogers discusses retirement, his childhood, spirituality, role models, and other subjects.
A 1987 interview in the television host discusses his career, learning from children, and book series with Don Swaim [streaming RealAudio].
Fred Rogers, the host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, dies of cancer at the age of 74. NPR's All Things Considered offers a remembrance. [Collection of Realaudio streams of show segments from NPR radio.]
Brief biography and links to two radio interviews available in Realaudio format.
Summary of Mr. Rogers' many activities after ending production of his show.
Long article which discusses the taping of the show's final episodes as well as the legacy of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood to PBS and to television in general.
Hometown newspaper provides articles from continuing news coverage and from a special section published Feb. 28, 2003 in which writers, artists and photographers chronicle the reaction to Rogers' passing and the breadth of his legacy.
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