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R.I.P. IRONY
Report: TV Host Morton Downey Jr. Dies of Lung Cancer
Last updated: 13 Mar 2001 13:32 GMT+00:00 (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morton Downey Jr., the bombastic TV talk show host popular in the 1980s, has died of lung cancer in California, CNN said. He was 67.
The chain-smoking Downey shot to fame as a trash-talking host on his syndicated "The Morton Downey Jr. Show" in the mid-1980s who often blew smoke in the faces of guests with whom he disagreed and argued with members of this studio audience.
Before that he was a singer, songwriter and television actor during a long career in show business.
17:16:33 - 2001-03-13
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