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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.165px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Until then, Downey had hardly set the world on fire. He was the privileged son of pop star Morton Downey, whose lilting tenor won him fame as “The Irish Nightingale.” Junior tried to make it similarly as a pop singer, and the documentary includes footage of him on a 1950s TV talent show competing for judges who include Dean Martin.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.165px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Even more surprisingly, the Downey family was close to the Kennedys — literally, as next-door neighbors in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. As a dapper young liberal, Junior worked in Washington for Sen. Edward Kennedy.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.165px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">At the other end of Downey’s career, the film tracks his rapid descent as overnight success fueled more and more outrageous antics, both on and off the show.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.165px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">This peaked in April 1989 with an incident in a San Francisco International Airport men’s room in which he claimed to have been ambushed by neo-Nazis who painted a swastika on his face and attempted to shave his head. The incident turned out to be a desperate ploy by Downey to restore public favor, a hoax described in the film by an associate who helped him perpetrate it.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.165px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Within a few more months, his show was history. Repeated attempts at a comeback failed. Then in 2001, the man who once had boasted of smoking four packs of cigarettes a day died of lung cancer after spending his last years as an anti-smoking advocate.=no lnx am conservMorton Downey Jr. Hosted The Original Trump Rally—30 Years AgoOCTOBER 2, 2017|12:01 AMCHARLES F. MCELWEE IIIWhen responding to his administration’s darkest hours or confronting steadfast opponents, President Donald Trump turns to his social media arsenal, deploying an artillery of tweets to shock and awe the political, cultural, and broadcasting elite. But Twitter offers only temporary relief, a virtual discharge while confined to the lonely White House. For Trump, hitting the road is the ultimate release, and it’s before admiring and unwavering crowds that the president campaigns for his preferred platform and finds validation. Nearly a year after his stunning victory, Trump’s rallies remain an unchanged ritual, comprised of a congregation celebrating the president’s populist agenda with all its solemnities.
But Trump didn’t invent this exhibition or emotional approach. It was Morton Downey, Jr., a bombastic provocateur, who transformed our media culture through his nationally syndicated television show in the late 1980s. This autumn marks the thirtieth anniversary of The Morton Downey Jr. Show’s debut on New York’s WWOR-TV, and while the short-lived program ended with scandal and fleeing advertisers, it still established a rhetorical style replicated by talking heads, politicians, and ultimately, a winning presidential candidate.
Downey, who died in 2001, presided over the original Trump rally. His show launched during the final stretch of Reagan’s presidency, a period of cataclysmic change in the media realm that was only realized in hindsight.The era’s shifting cultural, political, and economic fault lines slowly cracked the foundations of established institutions, whether it was print publications, network news, or political parties. And yet it remained a simpler time, when households digested current events in local newspapers, tuned into Tom Brokaw or Dan Rather on countertop televisions over dinner, and understood the clear ideological sympathies of Republicans and Democrats. These households, often working class, were located in small to mid-sized cities and aging postwar suburbs that were only beginning to witness the rapid changes wrought by technology and globalization. Downey intuitively understood the budding frustrations of these households, and he tapped into that resentment before a fawning television studio audience.Downey’s show arrived just months after Gary Hart’s ignominious downfall as the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 1988 presidential election. Hart, a U.S. senator from Colorado, was considered a formidable candidate against then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, but rumors of adultery and a newspaper’s stakeout of his Capitol Hill home created a media frenzy that ended his campaign. The frantic coverage of this scandal was a “Franz Ferdinand” moment, one which completely transformed the confluence of American media, politics, and culture just as the Austro-Hungarian Archduke’s assassination in 1914 changed the course of geopolitical history.If there is a Guns of August-like book that brilliantly captures this period, it’s Matt Bai’s 2014 account of the Hart scandal, All the Truth Is Out. “Within about a decade or so of Gary Hart’s spectacular collapse,” wrote Bai, “new technologies—first the satellite revolution that made twenty-four-hour news possible, and then the advent of the Internet and the rapid spread of broadband technology—would obliterate this old order, creating a new world of instantaneous and borderless information.” In a cruel twist of irony, Hart spoke on the campaign trail about how America should prepare for the 21st century’s inevitable technological upheaval. What Hart failed to anticipate, however, was how a figure like Downey would trigger Americans’ emotional response to these changes.

Although raised in a world of privilege, Downey was always an outsider. Born in Los Angeles in 1932, Downey was the oldest son of Morton Downey, a famed Irish tenor during the Depression era (“When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”), and Barbara Bennett, an actress and dancer.Dysfunction, marital drama, and violence marked Downey’s formative years. His alcoholic mother abandoned the family for a B-movie cowboy actor, and his father instilled fear with his ferocious temper. But the Downey family, for all their faults, still enjoyed the trappings of celebrity. Before they were shipped to Connecticut to be raised by their paternal grandparents, Downey and his siblings grew up in opulent homes and counted the Kennedy family as neighbors in Hyannis Port. By age 10, Downey was sent to military school, and his educational quest continued with a degree from New York University, a J.D. from a correspondence school, and a doctorate from an unaccredited college in California.Downey inherited his father’s love for show business, but Morton Downey, Sr. responded to his son’s interest with stunning cruelty. “The name Downey opened doors,” Downey recalled in a 1988 interview with People. “But they slammed just as fast because that same name controlled them.” Downey’s father was perversely determined to keep his son out of Hollywood, going as far as arranging for his son’s imprisonment for bouncing a check. Downey served 61 days in a California jail. His father finally apologized many years later.Downey persevered in spite of his father’s opposition, and his career trajectory included working as a singer, disc jockey, lobbyist, co-founder of the American Basketball Association, and eventually a radio host in a half dozen cities. He was also a campaign aide, first working for both John and Robert Kennedy’s presidential runs before switching sides, joining the National Right to Life Organization, and later running for president on the American Independent party ticket in 1980.As a radio host, Downey’s evocative style tuned listeners into his show while also imperiling his allotted airtime with station bosses. In 1984, Downey was fired from a Sacramento station, fortuitously leaving his seat to be filled by a former Kansas City Royals ticket salesman named Rush Limbaugh. It was not until 1987, at age 55, that Downey got his lucky break with WWOR, which relocated to a studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.Known by natives as “WOR,” WWOR-TV’s popular programming originally reached audiences in the New York metro region, New Jersey, Philadelphia and its suburbs, and pockets of Pennsylvania. The station’s most popular host was Joe Franklin, who interviewed a comically eclectic mix of celebrities, faded stars, and unknown performers. It was Bob Pittman, a producer and co-founder of MTV, who arranged Downey’s debut in what was then a superstation with 20 million people picking up WWOR’s signal nationwide.Downey’s show developed a loyal cult following. His confrontational persona, distinguished by an intolerance for excessive political correctness, especially resonated with a large segment of the increasingly post-industrial Mid-Atlantic.His audience, admiring baby boomers or members of Generation X, typically lived in the cities and towns grappling with the stagnating wages, job limitations, rising crime, demographic changes, and technological upheaval occurring in a newly emerging global economy. Their families lived in bungalows on Staten Island, rowhomes in northeast Philadelphia, ranches in Levittown, and duplexes throughout Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region and Lehigh Valley.The typical audience member was a young male who likely hailed from a third or fourth generation ethnic Catholic family, residing in neighborhoods experiencing the accoutrements of urban decline. His homemaking grandmother listened to Morton Downey, Sr. croon on the Victrola as a child, his grandfather recalled Father Coughlin’s radio diatribes before World War II, and he or his parents watched TV host Joe Pyne’s combative interviews on WDEL-TV in the 1960s. Downey communicated in a way that easily clicked with this demographic, which understood the language of conflict in working class urban America.“The element that makes Mort work is that he is truly not a conservative; he is a populist,” said Pittman in a 1988 interview. “If you watch him, he is sometimes on the liberal side of the issue. He bounces around. What he’s really interested in is the little man’s opinion: that’s really what he is representing.” Noting Downey’s television style, Pittman concluded that, “Downey doesn’t take an intellectual approach to things, but an emotional approach.”[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Z6K9RSTK4&w=560&h=315]This approach manifested itself in Downey’s television optics, which hooked the viewer and rallied the crowd. Each episode started as a field entrance with Downey, kibitzing with a pack of crew members behind stage, slowly approaching the audience. A pulsating bass played and the adoring crowd cheered as the grinning Downey approached individual audience members, slapping high-fives with men and kissing or hugging women. Typically attired in a Ralph Lauren oxford cloth shirt, regimental tie, khakis, and loafers, Downey faced the camera on-stage, announcing the controversial theme for that evening. Downey then cued the intro video, with the memorable theme depicting the host wearing boxing gloves, making strange faces, and sporting his pearly-white smile amidst a dizzying montage of newspaper headlines, military tanks, women’s legs, TV sets, and electric guitars.The first episode aired on October 19, 1987, known as Black Monday, when the Roaring Eighties ended with a global stock market crash. The show became an instant hit—it was nationally syndicated by 1988—but critics were unimpressed with Downey’s approach. “The Morton Downey Jr. Show is, beneath the surface, a show about bullies,” wrote David Bianculli, the New York Post’s TV critic. “Downey, with the power of TV, becomes Head Bully, and encourages members of his audience to ‘get involved’—the same way the guy with the torch encouraged the mob around Frankenstein’s castle to get involved.” When the camera rolls Downey was “ready to fight and win,” wrote New York‘s David Blum. “Facing him are his fans. They want blood, and Mort is going to give it to them.”The chain smoking host (he estimated smoking an average 80 cigarettes a day) ambushed his guests on episodes that addressed political incorrectness, divorce, the death penalty, race relations, affirmative action, Communism, and Vietnam. He invited audience members to approach his “Loud Mouths,” two podiums sporting the show’s open-mouth logo. Guests or audience members stated opinions but their remarks were often interrupted by Downey calling them “pablum puking liberals” and barking “zip it” or “shut up.” His shows even sparked physical confrontations among guests, with CORE chairman Roy Innis once knocking the Reverend Al Sharpton to the ground. Downey was forced to break up a potential stage brawl in Harlem’s Apollo Theatre.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N33psFNJ2Iw&w=560&h=315]Downey unsettled critics and advertisers, but audiences craved his brash populism. He presented a conservative leaning viewpoint, yet his positions remained ideologically complex and failed to properly fit into either party. His sympathies were always with the working class, whether it was supporting government-funded healthcare for the elderly or discussing the perils of illegal immigration.On his own TV show, On the Record, Alan Dershowitz asked Downey how he could appeal to this frustrated group of people. “Because I was frustrated most of my life,” he responded. “I’m able to come out there and present my frustration which I now recognize are the frustrations that every American goes through at one time or another in their life.” Downey told the Associated Press that Americans saw him as a “loud-mouth who gets in trouble like they do, who’s had problems like they had, someone that they can identify with a lot more than someone who’s squeaky clean.”For all his faults, friends and foes alike acknowledged that Downey’s crude media persona didn’t match the kind and humble man they knew off camera. He was simply a performance artist who enraptured the country, but his show quickly faced an expiration date. By 1989, advertisers fled what was labeled “trash TV” or “tabloid TV.” Downey attempted a gentler show, but off-stage antics hastened its demise. In April of that year, Downey claimed he was assaulted by a group of neo-Nazi skinheads, but his high-profile story didn’t add up. His incident was considered a hoax, and by September his producers and distributor announced the show’s cancellation.Fast forward three decades and we now have a president who makes Downey’s show seem relevant and fresh. The parallels between Downey and Trump are stunning. They were privileged sons of complicated men, excruciatingly persevered in their respective fields, embraced show business and nurtured a growing audience with their working class language, encountered business failures in Atlantic City’s casino industry, and created an onstage spectacle that captivated the nation’s attention. They cultivated a base of aggrieved Republicans and Democrats who once cheered at Downey’s crude insults and now laugh at Trump’s stinging tweets.In 1989, Downey taped an interview with Trump, who discussed America’s trade imbalance with Japan. “It’s a huge problem, and it’s a problem that’s going to get worse,” Trump said. “And they’re laughing at us.” Downey also asked Trump if he resented press criticism. “I think I used to resent it, I’m not sure I do anymore,” Trump responded. “Somehow, over a period of time, you become harder to this. You also realize it means less. It’s yesterday’s news. They take a shot at you in the newspaper, some reporter doesn’t like something for his own personal reason, so they take a shot. I find now—10 years ago I used to say ‘boy how could they do that, it’s wrong, it’s unfair,’ I find now that it really doesn’t matter.”Trump is a cultural product of the late 1980s, and Downey deserves posthumous credit for creating the media ecosystem that led to this administration. The country continues to rapidly change, but the issues remain the same. The modern working class Americans who appreciate Downey or Trump fail to click with either political party. They’re just navigating the frantic pace of a global economy that often appears to present little hope for their future. In 1987, their outlet for populist release was Downey’s show. Now it’s Trump’s presidency. Downey is long gone, but his legacy has evolved into a new political frontier, the boundaries for which have yet to be defined.Charles F. McElwee III works in the economic development sector in northeastern Pennsylvania. Follow him on Twitter at @cfmcelwee=innis vs sharpton
Morton Downey Junior: The Ur-Media Grifter 10.19.21 ...Search domain reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com › r › behindthebastards › comments › qb9uec › morton_downey_junior_the_urmedia_grifter_101921Morton Downey Junior: The Ur-Media Grifter 10.19.21. ... The host, Robert Evans, is a journalist at Bellingcat, a former editor at Cracked.com and author of the books 'A Brief History of Vice' and 'After the Revolution'. BtB is one of the shows within the 'Cool Zone Media' podcast network. You can contact the Cool Zone Media team with tips and ...===One of the NSA's members included famed talk show host <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr." title="Morton Downey, Jr.">Morton Downey, Jr.</a>;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Smokers_Alliance#cite_note-McCusker2005-4">[4]</a> however, he gave up smoking after being diagnosed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a> in 1996; he died of the disease in 2001.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Smokers_Alliance#cite_note-5">[5]</a>

Sean Morton Downey (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American singer, songwriter and later a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television" style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">television</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_show" title="Talk show" style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">talk show</a> host of the 1980s who pioneered the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_talk_show" title="Tabloid talk show" style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">trash TV</a>" format on his program <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morton_Downey,Jr.Show" title="The Morton Downey, Jr. Show" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">The Morton Downey, Jr. Show</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-CNNObit-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a>

The film company <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironbound_Films" title="Ironbound Films" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Ironbound Films</a> produced a biopic about Downey entitled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89vocateur:The_Morton_Downey_Jr.Movie" title="Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie</a>, which premiered April 19, 2012 at the 2012 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribeca_Film_Festival" title="Tribeca Film Festival" style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Tribeca Film Festival</a>.

<div id="toctitle" style=" direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#Career" style="text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none;"> Career</a></div><ul style=" line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; text-align: left;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><ul style=" line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; text-align: left;">

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#Anti-abortion_Activism" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.1 Anti-abortion Activism</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#Television" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.2 Television</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#Celebrity.2C_cancellation.2C_and_bankruptcy" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.3 Celebrity, cancellation, and bankruptcy</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#Later_career" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.4 Later career</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#Controversies" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.5 Controversies</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#Honors" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">2 Honors</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">3 Personal life</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#.C3.89vocateur:The_Morton_Downey_Jr._Movie" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4 Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#Death" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">5 Death</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#References" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">7 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">8 External links</a></li>

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<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Downey attended <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">New York University</a>. He was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_director" title="Program director" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">program director</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Announcer" title="Announcer" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">announcer</a> at a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_station" title="Radio station" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">radio station</a> in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Connecticut</a> in the 1950s, and later worked in various markets around the U.S., including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Phoenix</a> (KRIZ),<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami" title="Miami" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Miami</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAXY(AM)" title="WAXY (AM)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">WFUN</a>), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">San Diego</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KECR" title="KECR" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">KDEO</a>) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Seattle</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJR_(AM)" title="KJR (AM)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">KJR</a>). Like his father, Downey pursued a career in music, recording in both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">pop</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">country</a> styles. He sang on a few <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone_record" title="Gramophone record" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">records</a> and then began to write songs, several of which were popular in the 1950s and 1960s. He joined <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCAP" title="ASCAP" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">ASCAP</a> as a result.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">citation needed</a>] In 1958, he recorded "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams", which he sang on national television on a set that resembled a dark street with one street light. In 1981, "Green Eyed Girl" charted on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Magazine" title="Billboard Magazine" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Billboard Magazine</a> country chart, peaking at #95.

In the 1980s, Downey was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">talk show</a> host at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFBK(AM)" title="KFBK (AM)" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">KFBK</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM_radio" title="AM radio" class="mw-redirect" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">AM</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,California" title="Sacramento, California" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Sacramento, California</a>, where he employed his abrasive style.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-autogenerated1-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a> He was fired in 1984. He was replaced on KFBK by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Rush Limbaugh</a>, who has held the time slot ever since, later via his national syndication. Downey also had a stint on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSCR" title="WSCR" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">WMAQ-AM</a> in Chicago where he unsuccessfully tried to get other on air radio personalities to submit to drug testing.[] Downey's largest effect on American culture came from his popular, yet short-lived, syndicated late 1980s television talk show, The Morton Downey Jr. Show.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-CNNObit-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a>

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<h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Television<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[</h3>

Downey's signature phrases "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablum" title="Pablum" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">pablum</a> puking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">liberal</a>" (in reference to left-liberals) and "zip it!" briefly enjoyed some popularity in the contemporary vernacular. He particularly enjoyed making his guests angry with each other, which on a few occasions resulted in physical confrontations.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-CNNObit-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a> One that occurred on a 1988 show taped at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Theater" title="Apollo Theater" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Apollo Theater</a>, involving <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton" title="Al Sharpton" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Al Sharpton</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Racial_Equality" title="Congress of Racial Equality" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">CORE</a> National Chairman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Innis" title="Roy Innis" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Roy Innis</a>. The exchange between the two men culminated in Innis shoving Sharpton into his chair, knocking him to the floor and Downey intervening to separate the pair.[]

Because of the controversial format and content of the show, distributor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCA_Television" title="MCA Television" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">MCA Television</a> had problems selling the show to a number of stations and advertisers. Even Downey's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliates" title="Affiliates" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">affiliates</a>, many of which were low-rated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_television_stations" title="Independent television stations" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">independent television stations</a> in small to medium markets, were so fearful of advertiser and viewer backlash that they would air one or even two local <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclaimers" title="Disclaimers" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">disclaimers</a> during the broadcast.[]

During one controversial episode Downey introduced his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">gay</a> brother, Tony Downey, to his studio audience and informed them Tony was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV" title="HIV" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">HIV</a> positive. During the episode Downey stated he was afraid his audience would abandon him if they knew he had a gay brother, but then said he did not care.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a>

The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post" title="Washington Post" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Washington Post</a> wrote about him, "Suppose a maniac got hold of a talk show. Or need we suppose?" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">David Letterman</a> said, "I'm always amazed at what people will fall for. We see this every ten or twelve years, an attempt at this, and I guess from that standpoint I don't quite understand why everybody's falling over backwards over the guy."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a>

<h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Celebrity, cancellation, and bankruptcy<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[</h3>

<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The success of the show made Downey a pop culture celebrity, leading to an appearance on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Saturday Night Live</a> in 1988,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_V" title="WrestleMania V" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">WrestleMania V</a> in 1989 in which he traded insults with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Roddy Piper</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Prichard" title="Bruce Prichard" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Brother Love</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper%27s_Pit" title="Piper's Pit" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Piper's Pit</a>, and later roles in movies such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_2" title="Predator 2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Predator 2</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Nerds_III:The_Next_Generation" title="Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-CNNObit-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a> He was also cast in several television roles, often playing tabloid TV hosts or other obnoxious media types.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-CNNObit-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a>

In 1988, Downey recorded an album of songs based on his show, entitled Morton Downey Jr. Sings (released in 1989).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a> The album's only single, "Zip It!" (a catch-phrase from the TV show, used to quiet an irate guest), became a surprise hit on some college radio stations. Over the course of the 1988–89 television season, his TV show suffered a decline in viewership, resulting from many markets downgrading its time slot; even flagship station WWOR moved Downey's program from its original 9:00 PM slot to 11:30 PM in January 1989, where it was followed by the then-new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arsenio_Hall_Show" title="The Arsenio Hall Show" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Arsenio Hall Show</a>. However, following Hall's strong early ratings, the two series swapped time slots several weeks later, thus relegating Downey to 12:30 AM in the number-one<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_market" title="Television market" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">television market</a>.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">citation needed</a>]

In late April 1989, he was involved in an incident in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport" title="San Francisco International Airport" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">San Francisco International Airport</a> restroom in which he claimed to have been attacked by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Nazi" title="Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">neo-Nazis</a> who painted a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika" title="Swastika" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">swastika</a> on his face and attempted to shave his head.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a> Some inconsistencies in Downey's account (e.g., the swastika was painted in reverse, suggesting that Downey had drawn it himself in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror" title="Mirror" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">mirror</a>), and the failure of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police" title="Police" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">police</a> to find supportive evidence,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[11]</a> led many to suspect the incident was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax" title="Hoax" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">hoax</a> and a plea for attention.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-washpost-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-CBSDeath-13" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a>

In July 1989 his show was cancelled, with the owners of the show announcing that the last show had been taped on June 30, and that no new shows would air after September 15, 1989.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a>

At the time of its cancellation, the show was airing on a total of 30 stations across the country (including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPHL-TV" title="WPHL-TV" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">WPHL</a> in Philadelphia), and its advertisers had been reduced primarily to "direct-response" ads (such as 900 chat line and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_sex" title="Phone sex" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">phone sex</a> numbers).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[15]</a> In February 1990, Downey filed for bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a>

<h3 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Later career<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[</h3>

<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">In 1990, Downey resurfaced on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">CNBC</a> with an interview program called Showdown, which was followed by three attempted talk radio comebacks: first in 1992 on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C." style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Washington, D.C.</a> radio station <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTEM" title="WTEM" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">WWRC</a>; then in 1993 on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Dallas</a> radio station <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFXR(AM)" title="KFXR (AM)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">KGBS</a>, where he would scream insults at his callers.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-trashtalk-17" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[17]</a> He was also hired as the station's VP of Operations.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-autogenerated1-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a> The following year he returned to CNBC with a short-lived television show, Downey, that was similar in theme to his earlier, more popular show.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[18]</a> In one episode, Downey claimed to have had a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic" title="Psychic" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">psychic</a> communication with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.J.Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">O.J. Simpson</a>'s murdered ex-wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Brown_Simpson" title="Nicole Brown Simpson" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Nicole Brown Simpson</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-washpost-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a>

His third – and final – attempt at a talk radio comeback occurred in 1997 on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,Ohio" title="Cleveland, Ohio" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Cleveland</a> radio station <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTAM" title="WTAM" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">WTAM</a> in a late evening time slot.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[19]</a> It marked his return to the Cleveland market, where Downey had been a host for crosstown radio station <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJMO" title="WJMO" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">WERE</a> in the early 1980s prior to joining KFBK.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[20]</a> This stint came shortly after the surgery for lung cancer that removed one of his lungs. At WTAM, Downey abandoned the confrontational schtick of his TV and previous radio shows, and conducted this program in a much more conversational and jovial manner.

On August 30, 1997, Downey quit his WTAM radio talk show to focus on pursuing legal action against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stern" title="Howard Stern" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Howard Stern</a>. Downey had accused Stern of spreading rumors that he resumed his smoking habits, to which publicist Les Schecter retorted, "He hasn't picked up a cigarette."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[21]</a> His replacement was former WERE host Rick Gilmour.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[22]</a>

Following his death, news reports and obituaries incorrectly (according to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County_Register" title="Orange County Register" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Orange County Register</a>)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[23]</a> credited him as the composer of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipe_Out(song)" title="Wipe Out (song)" class="mw-redirect" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Wipe Out</a>."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-CBSDeath-13" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a>As of 2008, Downey's official website (and others) continue to make this claim.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[24]</a> Prior to Downey's death, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin(magazine)" title="Spin (magazine)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Spin</a> in April 1989 had identified the Wipe Out authorship as a myth.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[25]</a>

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Downey was sued for allegedly appropriating the words and music to his theme song from two songwriters.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[28]</a> He was sued for $40 million after bringing then-stripper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie_Everts" title="Kellie Everts" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Kellie Everts</a> onto the show and calling her a "slut," a "pig," a "hooker," and a "tramp," claiming that she had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venereal_diseases" title="Venereal diseases" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">venereal diseases</a>, and banging his pelvis against hers.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-antinuclear-29" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[29]</a>

At one point, he was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arraigned" title="Arraigned" class="mw-redirect" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">arraigned</a> on criminal charges for allegedly attacking a gay guest on his show, in a never-aired segment.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[30]</a> In another lawsuit, he was accused of slandering a newscaster (a former colleague), and of indecently exposing himself to her and slapping her.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[31]</a> Downey punched <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Melendez" title="John Melendez" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Stuttering John</a> during an interview done for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show" title="The Howard Stern Show" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">The Howard Stern Show</a>. In various interviews, he expressed remorse for some of the extreme theatrics of his TV show, saying he had taken things too far. He added that he had been a "bastard."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-CBSDeath-13" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a> However, he also claimed that his show was of a higher quality and not as "sleazy" as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer" title="Jerry Springer" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Jerry Springer</a>'s.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-washpost-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a>

In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." title="Super Mario Bros." style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Super Mario Bros.</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">video game</a> series, the character, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koopalings" title="Koopalings" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Morton Koopa, Jr.</a> was named after him.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[33]</a>

<h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Personal life<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[</h2>

Downey was married four times and had four children from three of those marriages.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-washpost-12" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a> With wife Helen he had Melissa, with Joan he had daughters Tracey and Kelli, and, with fourth wife Lori, he had a daughter Seanna Micaela. He and Lori met when she appeared as a dancer in a show he attended in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City" title="Atlantic City" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Atlantic City</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-CNNObit-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a> According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pluto" title="Terry Pluto" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Terry Pluto</a>'s book, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_Balls" title="Loose Balls" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Loose Balls</a>, Downey was one of the owners of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Buccaneers" title="New Orleans Buccaneers" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">New Orleans Buccaneers</a> basketball team in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">American Basketball Association</a> in the late 1960s. Downey was also president and co-founder of the proposed World Baseball Association in 1974.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-35" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[35]</a>

<h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="font-style: normal; user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;">[</h2>

<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Released in 2012, the biopic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89vocateur:The_Morton_Downey_Jr.Movie" title="Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie</a> touches upon Downey's upbringing and formative years in radio and politics before launching into the history of The Morton Downey Jr. Show and Downey's influence on trash TV.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-kansascity-36" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[36]</a> The film also looks at Downey's relationship with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton" title="Al Sharpton" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Al Sharpton</a> and other important 80's figures,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-smokinggun-37" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[37]</a> as well as Downey's role as a predecessor for conservative commentators like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Beck" title="Glenn Beck" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Glenn Beck</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Rush Limbaugh</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_note-nyp-38" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[38]</a>

After being diagnosed with lung cancer, he commented, "I had spawned a generation of kids to think it was cool to smoke a cigarette. Kids walked up to me until a matter of weeks ago, they'd have a cigarette in their hand and they'd say, 'Hey, Mort,' or, 'Hey, Mort, autograph my cigarette.' And I'd do it."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-CNNObit-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a> He also blamed tobacco companies for lying to consumers about cigarettes, although congressman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Ron Paul</a> (who is also a physician) had advised him, in 1988, while on his show, that smoking was highly unhealthy and responsible for a huge number of deaths every year.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_note-CNNObit-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a>

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<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Downey, Morton, Jr. (1988). Mort! Mort! Mort!: No place to hide. Delacorte Press. p. 169. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">ISBN</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0440500923" title="Special:BookSources/0440500923" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">0440500923</a>. "'Can you prove that you're Morton Downey, Jr.?' he asked. I had an idea. 'Do you have a morgue here, a file of old articles?' I asked. I dug into old issues of the Examiner from the days following my birth on December 9, 1932. Sure enough, in the December 11th issue I found a picture of Morton Downey and Barbara Bennett, holding a little baby. Me."</li>

<li id="cite_note-CNNObit-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CNNObit_2-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CNNObit_2-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CNNObit_2-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">c</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CNNObit_2-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">d</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CNNObit_2-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">e</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CNNObit_2-5" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">f</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CNNObit_2-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">g</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CNNObit_2-7" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">h</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010316014541/http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/13/obit.morton.downey.ap/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Trash TV icon Morton Downey Jr. dies"</a>. CNN. March 13, 2001. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/13/obit.morton.downey.ap/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">the original</a> on 2001-03-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.</li>

<li id="cite_note-autogenerated1-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.440.com/namesd2.html#_ddowne" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Downey's entry</a> at 440 International</li>

<li id="cite_note-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} "Rally for Life held in Capital”, by: Times Herald, Vallejo, January 22, 1980, Page 16.</li>

<li id="cite_note-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.webcommentary.com/php/ShowArticle.php?id=toddgv&date=120210" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">http://www.webcommentary.com/php/ShowArticle.php?id=toddgv&date=120210</a> "About the Late (Sean) Morton Downey, Jr.”, by: Gerald V. Todd, WEM Commentary, February 10, 2012.</li>

<li id="cite_note-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20099240,00.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"His Love for a Brother Brings Morton Downey's Compassion Out of the Closet"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People(magazine)" title="People (magazine)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">People</a>. June 20, 1988. Retrieved 2009-10-01.</li>

<li id="cite_note-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} "Shriek! Chic! It's Morton Downey!; Talk's Mr. Nasty, Coming On Strong With the Art of Abuse", The Washington Post, July 6, 1988, Tom Shales</li>

<li id="cite_note-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287845/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Episode 4</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Crypt(TV_series)" title="Tales from the Crypt (TV series)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Tales from the Crypt</a>, Season 14 of Saturday Night Live at<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imdb" title="Imdb" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">imdb</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-9" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amazon.com/Morton-Downey-Jr-Sings/dp/B0007Z2SKS" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Morton Downey Jr. Sings"</a>. Amazon.com Music Listings. Amazon.com. Retrieved 23 August 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-10" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-10" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/43987/TV-HOST-TAKES-A-BEATING.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"TV Host Takes a Beating"</a>. Deseret News. 26 April 1989. Retrieved 23 August 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-11" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-11" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/45045/ATTACKED-OR-NOT.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Attacked or Not?"</a>. Deseret news. May 3, 1989. Retrieved August 23, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-washpost-12" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-washpost_12-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-washpost_12-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-washpost_12-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">c</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-washpost_12-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">d</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-washpost_12-4" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">e</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-412459.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"'Mort the Mouth' Downey Jr. Dies; 'Trash TV' Talk-Show Host's Draw Was Shocking, Mocking"</a>. The Washington Post. March 14, 2001. Retrieved 2009-08-07.</li>

<li id="cite_note-CBSDeath-13" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CBSDeath_13-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-CBSDeath_13-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-CBSDeath_13-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">c</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/03/13/entertainment/main278395.shtml" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Morton Downey Jr. Dies"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">CBS News</a>. March 14, 2001. Retrieved 2009-08-07.</li>

<li id="cite_note-14" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-14" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/56373/MORTON-DOWNEY-JR-SHOW-IS-HISTORY.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">":Morton Downey Jr. Show is History"</a>. Deseretnews.com. Deseret News. July 23, 1989. Retrieved August 23, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-15" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-15" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Gerard, Jeremy (July 20, 1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/20/arts/downey-show-canceled.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Downey Show Canceled"</a>. The New York Times.</li>

<li id="cite_note-16" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-16" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/88157/DOWNEY-WANTS-PROTECTION-FROM-CREDITORS.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Downey Wants Protection from Creditors"</a>. Deseret News. February 22, 1989. Retrieved August 23, 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-trashtalk-17" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-trashtalk_17-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ellenhume.com/articles/talkshow3.htm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Talk Show Culture"</a>. Report. Ellen Hume. Retrieved 2007-06-24.</li>

<li id="cite_note-18" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-18" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287845" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Profile at IMDb</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-19" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-19" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Morton Downey Jr. back with WTAM talk show, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plain_Dealer" title="The Plain Dealer" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">The Plain Dealer</a>, July 14, 1997, pg. 5, sec. E, Roger Brown</li>

<li id="cite_note-20" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-20" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Talk hosts talk about talking on Morton Downey show-il, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plain_Dealer" title="The Plain Dealer" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">The Plain Dealer</a>, December 9, 1988, pg. 33, sec. SU, Bob Dolgan</li>

<li id="cite_note-21" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-21" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/SJ/lib00189,0EB7210171723745.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Smoking Report Spurs Threats Of Lawsuits"</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose_Mercury_News" title="San Jose Mercury News" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">San Jose Mercury News</a>, August 30, 1997, p. 4A, Mercury News Wire Services</li>

<li id="cite_note-22" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-22" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} 'Best Radio Personality: Rick Gilmore (sic) of WTAM', Cleveland Scene, September 17, 2003</li>

<li id="cite_note-23" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-23" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070928210857/http://www.buriedlede.com/journalism/wipeout.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Wiping Out a Myth"</a>. Orange County Register. 2002. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.buriedlede.com/journalism/wipeout.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">the original</a> on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-24.</li>

<li id="cite_note-24" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-24" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mortondowneyjr.com/mortondowney.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Morton Downey Jr.'s Home Page</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-25" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,Jr.#cite_ref-25" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=h-bxxO5B-xsC&lpg=PP1&lr&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Myth Information"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin(magazine)" title="Spin (magazine)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Spin</a> 5 (1): 66. April 1989. Retrieved April 29, 2011. "20 great rock 'n roll events that never really happened... 11. Morton Downey Jr. did not cowrite "Wipeout," the surf instrumental by the Surfaris."</li>

<li id="cite_note-26" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-26" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content?oid=914298" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">News report of controversy in Sacramento re use of word "Chinaman"</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-27" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-27" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0D88C82E30EE9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"The Rush is On – But it's a Slow Start After Two Months In NY, Limbaugh Is Happy, Hopeful"</a>. Sacramento Bee. August 31, 1988.</li>

<li id="cite_note-28" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-28" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Suit alleges Downey stole song, Chicago Sun-Times, May 5, 1989, Adrienne Drell</li>

<li id="cite_note-antinuclear-29" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-antinuclear_29-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Giordano, Al (1989-02-25). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73782606.html?dids=73782606:73782606&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=FEB+28%2C+1989&author=Al+Giordano&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Zzzzip+It%3B+A+Liberal+Has+His+Day+on+%60The+Morton+Downey+Jr.+Show'&pqatl=google" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Zzzzip It"</a>. article (Washington Post). Retrieved 2007-06-24.</li>

<li id="cite_note-31" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-31" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Talk show host Downey named in defamation suit, Chicago Sun-Times, December 11, 1988</li>

<li id="cite_note-32" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-32" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" http="http" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat">Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-33" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-33" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/16520/features/10-amazing-mario-facts/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Nintendo Feature: 10 Amazing Mario Facts"</a>. Official Nintendo Magazine. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-08-05.</li>

<li id="cite_note-34" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-34" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Case of Sean M. Downey, Jr., US Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, February 16, 1990</li>

<li id="cite_note-kansascity-36" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-kansascity_36-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Barnhard, Aaron (18 January 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/18/2591878/see-the-morton-downey-jr-trailer.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Zip it!! New film looks at Morton Downey Jr."</a>. The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 7 June 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-smokinggun-37" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-smokinggun_37-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/morton-downey/thankfully-rev-al-sharpton-no-longer-addresses-his-detractors-%E2%80%9Cpunk-faggot%E2%80%9D" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"Thankfully, Rev. Al Sharpton No Longer Addresses His Detractors As "Punk Faggot""</a>. The Smoking Gun. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-nyp-38" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-nyp_38-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} Smith, Emily (22 December 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/first_of_kind_zaRhBZbzzQFEZSPFAje8pM" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">"First of a Kind"</a>. New York Post. Retrieved 7 June 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-39" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-39" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=108365&page=1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=108365&page=1</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-40" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey,_Jr.#cite_ref-40" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">^{</a>} <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287845/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii="); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;" xmlns:data="data">Seattle Post-Intelligencer</a> account of Downey's death</li>

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