Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Children's TV Pioneer "Uncle Al" Dies

CINCINNATI (AP) — Al Lewis, who was known as "Uncle Al" on a long-running children's television show that aired nationally in the 1950s, has died. He was 84.

Lewis produced and starred in "The Uncle Al Show," which ran daily from 1950 to 1985 on WCPO-TV. The show aired nationally on ABC affiliates on Saturday mornings over two years in the late 1950s.

WCPO, which announced Lewis' death Sunday, said he died Saturday in Hillsboro, Ohio, where he and his wife Wanda lived. No other details were released.

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20090302/UPDATES01/90302013

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