MILTON BERLE, `MR. TELEVISION,' DIES AT 93

The Boston Globe | March 28, 2002| | Copyright

Milton Berle, whose dominance of the early days of a then-new entertainment medium earned him the title "Mr. Television," died yesterday in his Los Angeles home. He was 93.

Mr. Berle had been under hospice care for the past few weeks. He had been diagnosed with colon cancer last year.

With considerable justification, Mr. Berle could have just as well laid claim to the title of "Mr. Show Business." He spent more than eight decades as a performer, working in motion pictures, vaudeville, nightclubs, radio, and the theater. In 1995, he even starred in an exercise video ("Milton Berle's Low ...

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