THIS MORNING.

THE LONGTIME HOST OF "INSIDE THE

ACTOR'S STUDIO" HAS DIED

AT THE AGE OF 93..

DOUG:

LIPTON WAS BORN IN DETROIT IN

1926.

HE WAS AN ACTOR FIRST - BEFORE

BECOMING A WRITER AND A

TEACHER.

LIPTON FOUNDED THE T-V PROGRAM

IN 1994... WITH THE SIMPLE IDEA

TO GET

ACTORS TO OPEN UP.. AND TO HELP

YOUNG ACTORS LEARN FROM THEM.

LIPTON BECAME A POP CULTURE

FIGURE.. KNOWN FOR CONDUCTING

SERIOUS INTERVIEWS WITH

HIGH-PROFILE STARS.

THE SHOW WAS NOMINATED FOR 20

EMMYS DURING LIPTON'S RUN..

TEARSA:

A NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE FROM

TEXAS IS WONDERING IF