Name: Forum documents Lawrence McDonough’s Today show centenarian feature, 2015
Start: 2015-01-05
End: 2015-02-03
Location: Beaver Island

Forum documents Lawrence McDonough’s Today show centenarian feature, 2015

Also Lawrence McDonough Smucker’s jar Today show 2015 · Lawrence McDonough centenarian Today show appearance

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TypeEvent

Dates2015-01-05 – 2015-02-03

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2015-01-05 – 2015-02-03
Kind: Television appearance
Where: Beaver Island
Participants: Lawrence M. McDonough
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: biographymediacommunityfamily
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In January 2015, family members announced that Lawrence McDonough’s photograph had been selected for the Smucker’s centenarian feature and that a Today show segment was expected. A February 3 forum post linked a video clip of the appearance.

Evidence limits

The forum preserves family announcements and a link to the reported clip, but not a held broadcast recording or exact air date.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Lawrence McDonough,” January 5–February 3, 2015.
A family post said the centenarian’s photo had been selected for the Smucker’s jar feature and that a Today show segment was expected; a later post linked the video clip. The thread establishes the family’s report and link, but not the exact broadcast date or an independently preserved recording.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Forum documents Lawrence McDonough’s Today show centenarian feature, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lawrence-mcdonough-today-show-appearance-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Lawrence McDonough,” January 5–February 3, 2015..

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