Life and Career
Peterson was born in Kearney, Nebraska to Greek immigrant parents. His father opened and ran a diner in 1923 after changing his name from Georgios Petropoulos to George Peterson. He is married to Joan Ganz Cooney, a creator of Sesame Street, and a stepmother to Peterson's five children. In his autobiography he recalls his business and private life in which he blames himself for the failure of two of his three marriages but is now proud of having at last grown close to his children and grandchildren.
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