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  • Remembering Jean Durkee: Read the obituary for Boston Romper Room’s ‘Miss Jean’

    05/23/2023 6:34:42 AM PDT · by massmike · 20 replies
    Www.boston.com ^ | 05/23/2023 | Heather Alterisio
    Jean Durkee, known and beloved as “Miss Jean” of Boston’s version of the “Romper Room” television series from the late ’50s to the early ’70s, died Tuesday at the age of 90. Born in Lynn and raised in Salem, Durkee started out her career teaching language arts and social studies and serving as the director of girls’ physical education at Lynnfield Jr. High School, before continuing on in Lynn where she taught students with physical disabilities in grades 1-6. When given the opportunity to make the pivot from a traditional classroom to the television screen in 1958, Durkee “was nervous...