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Phil Donahue, Daytime Talk Show Pioneer, Dead at 88
The family of Donahue said he had been suffering from a “long illness.”
Image Credit: WireImageRenowned “King of Daytime Talk” Phil Donahue, who rose to fame in the late 1960s as the first host to interact with a studio audience, died on Sunday, Aug. 18. “Groundbreaking TV talk show journalist Phil Donahue died Sunday night at home, surrounded by his wife of 44 years, Marlo Thomas, his sister, his children, grandchildren, and his beloved golden retriever, Charlie,” said a statement from his family. (Original Caption) Emmy award-winning talk show host Phil Donahue, 41, in ten years on the air is proving wrong that old theory that housewives desire little more from daytime television than soap operas and game shows.The show, known for allowing audience members to ask guests questions, devoted its hour-long broadcast to “all the topics hot,” including single issues such as child abuse in the Catholic Church, feminism, and race relations.
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