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Robert "Bob" Carter was born December 4, 1929, in Decatur, Illinois, and earned degrees in theater and radio communications from Millikin University and television production from Syracuse University.

Carter created the character Sammy Terry in 1962 for WTTV Channel 4's "Nightmare Theater" horror film program, becoming one of the longest-running horror movie hosts of the Golden Age of Television and entertaining audiences for over four decades.

Governor Edgar Whitcomb proclaimed October 31, 1972, as Sammy Terry Day throughout Indiana in recognition of Carter's popularity as an entertainer.

After "Nightmare Theater" ended around 1976, Carter owned and operated the Family Music Center music store in Indianapolis from 1976 until its closure in 2001, where he helped start band programs in Indianapolis parochial schools.

Carter was inducted into the Horror Host Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Indiana Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2013; he passed away June 30, 2013, survived by his wife Phyllis of 60 years and four adult children.