Morton Downey Jr. | |
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 Morton Downey Jr. | |
| Born | Sean Morton Downey December 9, 1932[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 12, 2001 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Talk show host, actor |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Morton Downey Barbara Bennett |
| Relatives | Richard Bennett (grandfather) Adrienne Morrison (grandmother) Lewis Morrison (great-grandfather) Constance Bennett (aunt) Joan Bennett (aunt) |
Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program The Morton Downey Jr. Show.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ Downey, Morton Jr. (1988). Mort! Mort! Mort!: No place to hide. Delacorte Press. p. 169. ISBN 0440500923.
'Can you prove that you're Morton Downey Jr.?' he asked. I had an idea. 'Do you have a morgue here, a file of old articles?' I asked. I dug into old issues of the Examiner from the days following my birth on December 9, 1932. Sure enough, in the December 11th issue I found a picture of Morton Downey and Barbara Bennett, holding a little baby. Me.
- ^ "Trash TV icon Morton Downey Jr. dies". CNN. March 13, 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-03-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Morton Downey Jr., trash TV pioneer, 68". New Haven Register. Associated Press. 14 March 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "10 Pioneers of Trash Television". Toptenz.net. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "CNN doc chronicles "trash TV" pioneer Morton Downey Jr". Channel Guide Magazine. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2019.