Foley Arthur Horkheimer Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jack Horkheimer was born on June 11, 1938 in Randolph, Wisconsin, USA as Foley Arthur Horkheimer. He was a writer and producer, known for Star Gazers (1976), Star of Bethlehem: A Mystery Revealed (1988) and The Force Beyond (1978). He died on August 20, 2010 in Miami, Florida, USA.
[Catchphrase with which he opened each episode of Star Gazers (1976)]: Greetings, greetings, fellow star gazers!
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[From a 1982 profile in the Miami Herald]: Stargazing is all about where you are in time and space. The reason people get out their telescopes and attend star parties is because they are trying to peer out over the horizon to find their place in the universe. If I can help them find that, that's all that matters.
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Fact
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Amateur astronomer who created and hosted the long-running weekly public television segment "Star Gazer". Director of the Miami Science Museum and Space Transit Planetarium from 1972-2007.
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Trained as a playwright, earning a bachelor's degree in drama from Purdue University in 1963.
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Suffered from congenital lung disease that went undiagnosed until he was 18 and left him in tremendous pain. His lungs continued to deteriorate, and in 1964, he moved to Miami, expecting he would soon die. A chance meeting with an astronomer and a visit to a planetarium gave him a new lease on life. He soon went to work for what became the Miami Space Transit Planetarium, serving as its director from 1973 until his retirement in 2008.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star Gazers
TV Series writer - 17 episodes, 1987 - 2010 created by - 2 episodes, 2015
Star of Bethlehem: A Mystery Revealed
1988
TV Movie
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star Gazers
1987-2010
TV Series producer - 17 episodes
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star Gazers
2015-2016
TV Series created by - 13 episodes
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star Gazers
1976-2010
TV Series
Himself - Host / Himself
Star of Bethlehem: A Mystery Revealed
1988
TV Movie
Himself - Host
The Force Beyond
1978
Documentary
Director, Space Transit Planetarium, Miami
Known for movies
Star Gazers (1976-2016) as Writer
Star of Bethlehem: A Mystery Revealed (1988) as Writer
The Force Beyond (1978) as Director, Space Transit Planetarium, Miami
$10 Million
