This is the magazine piece that forms the basis for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
The article and the movie stress the same central point: that Fred McFeely Rogers was exactly what he appeared to be. And when he walked the streets, he was a rock star. Tiny Latrobe, Pennsylvania (pop 8,000) produced two people in that category, two of the 20th century’s most beloved and charismatic pop culture figures, two men who attracted crowds as if they were the messiah in the flesh: Mr. Rogers and Arnold Palmer.
Must be something in the Latrobe water supply.