I KNEW MIKE DOUGLAS PERSONALLY DURING MY
MODELING DAYS. WE BECAME FRIENDS.
THE CAMERA MAN WOULD FOCUS ON ME FOR THE
CORRECT COLOR,ETC. FOR MIKE'S LIVE SHOW.
MIKE WAS A WARM, ENGAGING MAN WHO ALWAYS
SMILED AND LAUGHED...ON AND OFF CAMERA. HIS
SINGING VOICE HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED THROUGH
THE YEARS DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF HIS
"THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW".
CLEVELAND'S AFTERNOON TELEVISION TALK SHOWS
WERE CREATED AND MIKE (DOWD) DOUGLAS WAS THE
REASON IT BECAME "THE HIT" ....AND BEGINNING OF
ALL NATIONAL AMERICAN AFTERNOON TELEVISION TALK
SHOWS.
MIKE INTRODUCED ONE OF HIS GUESTS AND ME ...
WE BECAME THE "LOVE OF OUR LIVES" FOR SOME
23 YEARS. THANK YOU, MIKE.
SERAINE D. NEWMAN
CLEVELAND, OHIO
MAY 5, 2019
(MY PROFESSIONAL NAME...NOT AS A MODEL!)