Fred Rogers, star of Public Television’s “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” puts on his trademark red sweater during a ceremony at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 1984. Rogers donated the sweater to Roger F. Kennedy, left, director of the National Museum of American History. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)David Newell as Mr. McFeely holds a replica X the Owl in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe in the Fred Rogers studio at WQED in Pittsburgh Wednesday, November 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)This Jan. 4, 1984 file photo shows Fred Rogers, star of Public Television’s “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” as he rehearses with some of his puppet friends in Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1968, one year before “Sesame Street” premiered, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” broke ground by addressing children’s interests and concerns through electronic media. He merged documentary-style segments about real people with scenes in a sitcom-like living room and excursions into a fantasy world populated by puppets. And yet he was wary of using every technological tool at his disposal. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)This June 27, 1993 file photo shows Fred Rogers working with Lady Elaine Fairchilde, one of the puppets featured in the Land of Make-believe, on his children’s television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)This June 28, 1989 file photo shows Fred Rogers making notes between takes on the set of his children’s television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Fred Rogers, right, talks with David Newell, a.k.a. Speedy Delivery’s Mr. McFeely, during a rehearsal for a segment of his television program “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in Pittsburgh on June 8, 1993. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Fred Rogers puts on his jacket between takes on the set of his television program “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in Pittsburgh on June 8, 1993. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Fred Rogers works with Lady Elaine Fairchilde, one of the puppets featured in the Land of Make-believe, on his children’s television program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” in Pittsburgh on June 27, 1993. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Fred Rogers makes notes between takes on the set of his children’s television program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” in Pittsburgh on June 28, 1989. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Puppeteer Bob Brown, Betty Aberlin (Lady Aberlin), and David Newell (Mr. McFeeley) rehearsing a scene from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.Thousands of Fred Rogers’ neighbors got one last chance to walk the path to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to visit the set of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, assembled for the last time at WQED-TV to mark the naming of the studio for the beloved children’s television host. Long lines formed outside the station Saturday and Sunday as children of all ages waited their turn to visit King Friday’s Castle and the tree shared by X the Owl and Henrietta. (Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette)Daniel Tiger pops up over second-grader Raymond Stierer , of St. Killian Parish School, with “Speedy Delivery ” Mr. McFeely, aka David Newell . This was during the kickoff of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh’s 2011 Annual Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive held at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh on the Northside. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)David Newell, the actor behind “speedy delivery” man Mr. McFeely, will share a story straight from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. (Credi: Courtesy of David Newell)Fred Rogers pauses during a May 27, 1993 taping of his show ” Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” in Pittsburgh. The final segment of the show was taped Dec. 1, 2000, after more than 30 years on the air. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press)Thousands of Fred Rogers’ neighbors got one last chance to walk the path to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to visit the set of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, assembled for the last time at WQED-TV to mark the naming of the studio for the beloved children’s television host. Long lines formed outside the station Saturday and Sunday as children of all ages waited their turn to visit King Friday’s Castle and the tree shared by X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat. (Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette)Mr. McFeely introduces Michael Ray Jackson, 6yrs, 1st grade, McCandless to “Daniel the Striped Tiger” during the kick-off of the 9th annual Mister Rogers Neighborhood Sweater Drive and the Children’s Museum. (VWH Campbell/Post-Gazette)Fred Rogers, right, the host of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” PBS’ longest-running series, and David Newll, who has been playing Mr. McFeely, the “Speedy Delivery” man on the show since the late 1960s, smile in this 1985 photo in Pittsburgh. Rogers airs his last new episode of the show on Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, ending his 34-year run. (AP Photo/Family Communications. Inc)King Friday XIII’s Castle from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood is featured in miniature in the Garden Railroad at Phipps Conservatory. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Mr. McFeely motions as he pretends to make a birthday cake for Mister Rogers during a celebration for the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers Neighborhood on Saturday, March 17, 2018, at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in the North Side. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
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