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Posted: 14 June 2007 - 03:03 PM

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The man who some say taught MacGyver everything he knows has passed away at age 89.

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LOS ANGELES - Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89. Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home, said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.

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Posted: 15 June 2007 - 12:38 PM

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Yeah... I saw that. The New York Times wrote a nice obit. I used to watch his show... a long time ago... in a galaxy far, far away. He was almost a forrunner of Mac. They used to say Mac was a combination of Mr. Wizard and James Bond... sad - an era has passed.

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I'll be darned... Mr. Wizard was another Minnesota native!

I'm too young to have seen the original show, but I sure remember "Mr. Wizard's World" on Nickelodeon. It was really fun, and sort of demystified science for kids of my generation.

Sad indeed...

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