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Legendary US TV Personality Hugh Downs Dies at 99

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   Legendary U.S. broadcaster Hugh Downs, who at one time held the record
   for the most hours appearing on American television, has died at 99.

   Downs' daughter said her father died Wednesday of a heart ailment.

   Hugh Downs once described himself as "a jack of all trades and a master
   of none," excelling at every broadcasting assignment during his 60
   years on radio and television.

   Downs began in radio in his native Ohio, and after moving to Chicago
   and later New York, became one of television's most familiar and
   welcomed faces.

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