George Henson Page (March 31, 1935 – June 28, 2006) was an American journalist, author, and

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, who was known for his love of nature and his unique and mellifluous voice. He created the

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series ''Nature'', hosting and narrating it from its beginning in 1982 until his retirement in 1998.

Biography

Page was also the director of Science and Natural History Programming at the PBS station Thirteen/

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. In between seasons of ''Nature'', he also hosted and narrated two series: ''The Brain'' (1983) and ''The Mind'' (1988). Prior to his time with PBS, Page had a long career in broadcast journalism, mostly at

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. He covered the Vietnam War in 1968 as a foreign correspondent and directed a doumentary "We Won't Go" that explores the draft resisters. In 1990,

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

, the school Page had graduated from in 1957, awarded him with the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters, citing his "contributions to science education in the United States". In May 1995, Page was awarded another honorary degree from

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, for helping television viewers "understand and celebrate in all its diversity the world in which we live." In 1998, Page retired from PBS Nature after illness of throat cancer. George Page died of cancer on June 28, 2006, in

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. Page also wrote the book ''Inside the Animal Mind'', published in 1999.

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Obituary on broadcastingcable.com
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