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Taken from the tribute to Fred Rogers before opening logos and credits of the 2003 short film "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood".

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is a 2003 computer-animated family short film based on the works by Fred Rogers. It was written by David Reynolds , Angela C. Santomero and Jill Culton and co-written and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman , and produced by Don Bluth Animation Studios , Don Bluth Digital Animation and the now-defunct Don Bluth Circle 6 Animation Studios .

Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American television host, presenter, actor, puppeteer, singer, composer, television producer, author, educator, and Presbyterian minister . He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , which ran from 1968 to 2001.

Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania , near Pittsburgh , Rogers earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951. He began his television career at NBC in New York, returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children's programming at NET (later PBS ) television station WQED . He graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a bachelor's degree in divinity in 1962 and became a Presbyterian minister in 1963. He attended the University of Pittsburgh 's Graduate School of Child Development, where he began his 30-year collaboration with child psychologist Margaret McFarland . He also helped develop the children's shows The Children's Corner (1955) for WQED in Pittsburgh and Misterogers (1963) in Canada for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . In 1968, he returned to Pittsburgh and adapted the format of his Canadian series to create Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It ran for 33 years and was critically acclaimed for focusing on children's emotional and physical concerns, such as death, sibling rivalry, school enrollment, and divorce.

Rogers died of stomach cancer in 2003, aged 74. His work in children's television has been widely lauded, and he received more than 40 honorary degrees and several awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1997. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. Rogers influenced many writers and producers of children's television shows, and his broadcasts provided comfort during tragic events, even after his death.

Description
Taken from the tribute to Fred Rogers before opening logos and credits of the 2003 short film "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood".

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is a 2003 computer-animated family short film based on the works by Fred Rogers. It was written by David Reynolds , Angela C. Santomero and Jill Culton and co-written and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman , and produced by Don Bluth Animation Studios , Don Bluth Digital Animation and the now-defunct Don Bluth Circle 6 Animation Studios .

Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American television host, presenter, actor, puppeteer, singer, composer, television producer, author, educator, and Presbyterian minister . He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , which ran from 1968 to 2001.

Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania , near Pittsburgh , Rogers earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951. He began his television career at NBC in New York, returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children's programming at NET (later PBS ) television station WQED . He graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a bachelor's degree in divinity in 1962 and became a Presbyterian minister in 1963. He attended the University of Pittsburgh 's Graduate School of Child Development, where he began his 30-year collaboration with child psychologist Margaret McFarland . He also helped develop the children's shows The Children's Corner (1955) for WQED in Pittsburgh and Misterogers (1963) in Canada for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . In 1968, he returned to Pittsburgh and adapted the format of his Canadian series to create Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It ran for 33 years and was critically acclaimed for focusing on children's emotional and physical concerns, such as death, sibling rivalry, school enrollment, and divorce.

Rogers died of stomach cancer in 2003, aged 74. His work in children's television has been widely lauded, and he received more than 40 honorary degrees and several awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 1997. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. Rogers influenced many writers and producers of children's television shows, and his broadcasts provided comfort during tragic events, even after his death.