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Jack Horkheimer | 'Star Gazer' creator, 72

Jack Horkheimer, 72, the creator and host of the PBS show Star Gazer who helped popularize naked-eye astronomy, died Friday of a respiratory ailment.

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Jack Horkheimer, 72, the creator and host of the PBS show

Star Gazer

who helped popularize naked-eye astronomy, died Friday of a respiratory ailment.

Mr. Horkheimer was director emeritus of the Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium, and had been director of the planetarium for more than 35 years.

Millions of people have watched the weekly Star Gazer program since its inception in the 1970s, getting advice on what to look for in the night sky. - AP

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