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sombody
07-08-2007, 05:52 PM
I wonder why this didnt get more press coverage ?

Im sure Dean must have watched.

Don Herbert, 89; TV's 'Mr. Wizard' taught science to young baby boomers
By Dennis McLellan, Times Staff Writer
June 13, 2007

Don Herbert 1917 | 2007Don Herbert, who explained the wonderful world of science to millions of young baby boomers on television in the 1950s and '60s as "Mr. Wizard" and did the same for another generation of youngsters on the Nickelodeon cable TV channel in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 89.




bentbiker
07-08-2007, 06:53 PM
I wonder why this didnt get more press coverage ?

Im sure Dean must have watched.

Don Herbert, 89; TV's 'Mr. Wizard' taught science to young baby boomers
By Dennis McLellan, Times Staff Writer
June 13, 2007

Don Herbert 1917 | 2007Don Herbert, who explained the wonderful world of science to millions of young baby boomers on television in the 1950s and '60s as "Mr. Wizard" and did the same for another generation of youngsters on the Nickelodeon cable TV channel in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 89.Don't know if you saw the previous thread:
http://forums.segwaychat.com/showthread.php?t=15659&highlight=herbert

I felt as if there was a lot of coverage when it happened, but then I'm talking mostly TV, not print.