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Hugh Downs, Longtime ’20/20,’ ‘Today’ Anchor, Dies at 99
Carmel Dagan Staff WriterHugh Downs, anchorman for the ABC news program “20/20” and, before that, NBC’s “The Today Show,” died Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 99.Downs’ career in broadcasting spanned more than half a century.