| Hugh Downs  AKA Hugh Malcolm Downs
Born: 14-Feb-1921
Birthplace: Akron, OH
Died: 1-Jul-2020
Location of death: Scottsdale, AZ
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: 20/20 Military service: US Army (discharged 1943) Father: Milton Howard Downs
Mother: Edith Hicks
Wife: Ruth Shaheen (m. 20-Feb-1944, d. 28-Mar-2017, one son, one daughter)
Son: Hugh Raymond
Daughter: Dierdre Lynn
University: Bluffton College, Ohio
University: Wayne State University
University: Columbia University
University: Post-Masters Gerontology, Hunter College
Administrator: Board of Overseers, Brookdale Center on Aging, Hunter College
Caring Institute Board of Trustees (Honorary)
Dutch Treat Club 1988
Lindbergh Foundation Board of Directors
National Space Society Chairman, Board of Governors
UNICEF United States Committee for UNICEF
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Phi Alpha Tau honorary member
Knee Replacement
Risk Factors: Color Blindness, Arthritis
TELEVISION
Caesar's Hour Announcer (1956-57)
20/20 Co-Anchor (1978-99)
Today (1962-71)
The Tonight Show 1962
Concentration (1958-59)
The Jack Paar Show 1957
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Oh, God! Book II (3-Oct-1980) · Newscaster
A Global Affair (30-Jan-1964) · Himself
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