<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/362d0d49-bdf9-4758-aca7-2fe2667e7599/F07D6808-AA8F-440E-AAC0-55F767DB835E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss" href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cbc.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss">Don Herbert, an American actor who was host and creator of the Canadian program <EM>Mr. Wizard,</EM> has died.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss"><IMG alt="Don Herbert, seen in this 1978 photo, 'taught kids how to use the thinking skills of a scientist' in his role as Mr. Wizard." src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/arts/photos/2007/06/13/herbert-don-cp-3115323.jpg" /><EM>Don Herbert, seen in this 1978 photo, 'taught kids how to use the thinking skills of a scientist' in his role as Mr. Wizard.</EM><BR /><EM>(David Pickoff/Associated Press)</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss">Herbert, 89, died Tuesday of bone cancer at his home in Los Angeles.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss">As Mr. Wizard, he introduced the baby boom generation to the principles of science.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss">Herbert created the part in 1951 for the half-hour NBC show <EM>Watch Mr. Wizard.</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss">On a simple set that looked like a workshop, he demonstrated experiments using household items while a neighbour boy or girl looked on.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss">The show was associated with a network of science clubs and produced 547 live broadcasts between 1951 to 1964. It also won a Peabody award for TV excellence.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/06/13/don-herbert-obit.html?ref=rss">"He really taught kids how to use the thinking skills of a scientist," said former colleague Steve Jacobs.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F07D6808-AA8F-440E-AAC0-55F767DB835E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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