Hugh Downs: Host Of `20/20` Dies In 2020 Editorial Image

Hugh Downs, broadcaster, journalist, tv host, news anchor, game show host, music composer and author visits the Mayor`s Office for Senior Citizens and Handicapped in Chicago, Illinois in 1979. Downs was quite knowledgeable about the topic of aging, and was in town to publicize his book, `Thirty Dirty Lies About Old.` Among the longtime television emcee gigs Downs held in his over 5 decades-long broadcasting career were as host of the tv game show `Concentration` from 1958-1969, anchor of `The Today Show,` from 1962-1971, and Emmy-winning co-host, with Barbara Walters, of the weekly ABC Television Network news magazine show, `20/20,` from 1978 until 1999. He also logged more hours on network commercial television than anyone else at thetimeofhis retirement. Downs celebrated his 99th birthday on February 14, 2020. He died on July 1, 2020 in Scottsdale, Arizona.