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So let's make the most of this beautiful day,Since we're together, we might as well say,Would you be mine?Could you be mine?Won't you be my neighbor?Theme song from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"March 20 may not be sweater weather in the Triangle.But if you love Fred Rogers, you'll suffer in tribute to the children's television icon.March 20, which would have been his 80th birthday, is being promoted as "Sweater Day" to honor Rogers, who died of cancer five years ago. A sweater was his trademark garb on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."David Newell, who played speedy deliveryman Mr. McFeely on the show, appears in a YouTube video that touts the upcoming event -- http://tinyurl.com/2tf65e."Sweater Day" is the capstone to a six-day celebration planned by Family Communications Inc. of Pittsburgh. Rogers created the company to produce his show.
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