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| Don Morrow (January 29, 1927 – October 27, 2020) |
Donald Gordon Morrow, best known as a television game show host, announcer and voiceover actor died October 27, 2020 just shy of his 94th birthday.
Morrow was born in Stamford Hospital on January 29, 1927 and began broadcasting on the radio in 1951.
He was best known for his life long career in the television industry which included announcing the news with Walter Cronkite, emceeing the game shows Camouflage and Let Play Post Office in the late 50s and 60s, and announcing for Alan Ludden's game shows Password and GE College Bowl.
Morrow became a world class voiceover talent highly sought after as he became the Shell Answer Man in the 70s and 80s and often recognized for his voice in trailers for the hit movies Titanic and Saving Private Ryan among many others.
He also added three more accomplishments of which he was most proud...he became a pilot at age 69, self published 2 books with his dear friend and co-author, Kevin Moore, Forsaken Heroes of the Pacific War: One Mans True Story and his autobiography "How About a Martini?"
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