Hugh Downs, Genial Presence on TV News and Game Shows, Dies

2:42pm PDT - July 2nd, 2020    hugh downs - Time

(NEW YORK) — Hugh Downs, the genial, versatile broadcaster who became one of television’s most familiar and welcome faces with more than 15,000 hours on news, game and talk shows, has died at age 99. Downs died of natural causes at his home in Scottsdale, Ari…