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Mr. Rogers also:
Convinced Congress to increase PBS funding from $9 million in 1970 to $22 million the next year.
Answered every piece of fan mail he could manage, personally.
Was greeted in sign language by Koko the gorilla with "I love you, I love visit."
Advocated (sometimes with poetry) in front of government committees that the then-nascent VHS/Betamax industry not be squashed before it could start, on the grounds that kids deserved to be able to go out and play, then come home and watch his show whenever they wanted. The MPAA got slapped down by the Supreme Court because of his testimony on the issue.
Was married to the same woman for 51 years.
Was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
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