The TV broadcaster and actor went viral last year after vintage clips of her celebrity interviews recirculated online.
Aaron Drake spoke to TODAY on the phone about his mother who, from the late '70s to the early '90s, interviewed dozens of celebrities for local TV station KOLN of Lincoln. He said she did everything from stage acting and newscasting to playing a popular character on a children's television show, and paved the way for many women in entertainment with her standout style and knack for speaking to people on their own level.
"She had all these 3/4 inch video tapes in the garage that she had donated to the Nebraska History Museum," he explained."They digitized all of the old CBS junkets she did. Some of them were really obscure, but it was fun to see her get back into her old groove."Drake said his mother, who played the character"Kalamity Kate" on"Cartoon Corral," a local children's TV program, loved to act as well.
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