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 | | In his heyday, Morton Downey Jr., the chain-smoking, combative talk-show host reined the TV talk show airwaves in the late 1980's. |
 | | He was known as "Mort the Mouth," and mocked his sometimes bizarre guests, deliberately blowing smoke in their faces calling them "slime" or "scum bucket!" He reveled in shouting matches with members of his studio audience, as well, and often dismissed liberals as "pablum pukers." He commented, "Later I took things too far. |
 | | on Dec. 9, 1933, the son of singer Morton Downey and dancer Barbara Bennett grew up in privilege, attended military school and earned a marketing degree and a law degree. |
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