Beginning, Middle, End: Television Superstars

Can you name the Television Seminal Figures & Pioneers from three clues relating to the Beginning, Middle, and End of their lives?

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• Born in 1911 in New York state.

• Starred in the biggest sitcom in the States from 1951 to 1957.

• Died in Los Angeles in 1989.

• Born in Missouri in 1916.

• Remembered for live announcing the death of President Kennedy in 1963.

• Died in New York City in 2009.

• Born in Illinois in 1922.

• Revived career with The Golden Girls in the 1980s.

• Died in Los Angeles in 2021.

• Born in California in 1925.

• Pioneered the concept of Jeopardy in 1964.

• Died in Los Angeles in 2007.

• Born in Iowa in 1925.

• Took on hosting a flagship TV show in 1962.

• Died in Los Angeles in 2005.

• Born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1926.

• Won eight Primetime Emmy Awards, the most of any performer in television history.

• Died in California in 2021.

• Born in New York City in 1928.

• Created and produced the surrealistic British series The Prisoner (1967–1968).

• Died in California in 2009.

• Born in Pennsylvania in 1928.

• Began broadcasting their children's programme nationally in 1968.

• Died in Pittsburgh in 2003.

• Born in Illinois in 1929.

• Revived career with a new eponymous sitcom in 1982.

• Died in Los Angeles in 2024.

• Born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1929.

• Began to present the 20/20 news programme in 1979.

• Died in New York City in 2022.

• Born in Los Angeles in 1934.

• Starred in several high-profile TV miniseries, such as Centennial (1978), Shōgun (1980), and The Thorn Birds (1983).

• Died in Hawaii in 2025.

• Born in 1936 in New York.

• Their eponymous TV show ended in 1977.

• Died in Connecticut in 2017.