Cause of death Cancer Role Television host Years active 1959–1998 | Known for Nature (creator) Parents Maude Page, William Page Name George Page TV shows Nature | |
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Full Name George Henson Page Occupation Television host, narrator, producer, editor, journalist Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class Similar People Allison Argo, Thomas Lovejoy, Chris Biondo, Doug Shultz, Perry Miller Adato | ||
George Henson Page (31 March 1935 – 28 June 2006) was an American television host, known for his love for nature and his unique and mellifluous voice. He created the PBS series Nature, and hosted and narrated it from its beginning in 1982 until his retirement in 1998. He was also the director of Science and Natural History Programming at the PBS station Thirteen/WNET. In between seasons of Nature, he also hosted and narrated two series: The Brain (1983) and The Mind (1988). Before his time with PBS, Page had a long career in broadcast journalism, mostly at NBC. In 1990, Emory University, 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 Pace University, for helping television viewers "understand and celebrate in all its diversity the world in which we live." George Page died June 28, 2006 in Equinunk, Pennsylvania.
Page also wrote the book Inside the Animal Mind, published in 1999.
List of Nature Films Narrated by George Page
Selva Verde: The Green Jungle
Secrets of an African Jungle
Yellowstone in Winter
Fragments of Eden