23 Facts About Art Fleming

Arthur Fleming Fazzin was an American actor and television host.

Art Fleming later attended Colgate and Cornell Universities, starring on the football team, as well as the water polo teams at both colleges.

Art Fleming was a World War II veteran who served in the US Navy for three and a half years as the pilot of a patrol bomber in the Atlantic.

Art Fleming was the first announcer to deliver the slogan "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should" for Winston cigarettes.

Art Fleming's acting career began at age four, when he appeared in a Broadway musical.

Art Fleming played attorney Jeremy Pitt in The Californians, an NBC Western set in San Francisco during the gold rush of the 1850s.

Art Fleming appeared in many television commercials, in addition to anchoring the eleven o'clock news on WNBC.

Art Fleming was first spotted by Merv Griffin on a commercial for Trans World Airlines.

Art Fleming won the job, and hosted the show during its original run of March 30,1964, to January 3,1975, and again from October 2,1978, to March 2,1979.

Art Fleming later said he did not know a thing about tennis and had guessed the answer.

Art Fleming hoped the contestant would disagree, thinking he was wrong.

Art Fleming hosted a radio version of College Bowl for CBS Radio from 1979 to 1982.

Art Fleming hosted the NBC radio weekend magazine Monitor during 1972.

Art Fleming disapproved of moving production from his native New York to Los Angeles, suggesting to a Sports Illustrated journalist in 1989 that filming in California made the show feel superficial and anti-intellectual:.

From 1979 to until his retirement in 1992, Art Fleming hosted a daily radio talk show on KMOX in St Louis.

Art Fleming hosted the syndicated radio program When Radio Was, as well as two installments of the PBS science program NOVA as part of the National Science Test, where a studio audience tested their knowledge of science against a celebrity panel.

Art Fleming denied having any children in a 1974 interview, conducted after his divorce from Ellis.

Art Fleming soon adopted Becky's two children from a prior marriage.

In 1992, Art Fleming retired and the family moved to Crystal River, Florida.

Art Fleming remained active in charity work: he hosted fundraising videos for the Citrus County United Way and became involved with the Citrus County Abuse Shelter Association, Inc.

Art Fleming hosted a syndicated television program, called Senior America, which showcased seniors and senior activities.

Art Fleming died of pancreatic cancer on April 25,1995, at age 70, at his home in Florida.

Art Fleming was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.