RIP Phil Donahue

[Carolina Fever]

Remember my grandma watching him whenever I stayed home from school sick and in the summer.

Phil Donahue, talk show host, dead at 88

(CNN) — Phil Donahue, who set a new format for daytime television as host of “The Phil Donahue Show” for nearly three decades, has died, his family announced in a statement on Monday to People and NBC News.

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[wang 79]

Sad to hear that....always loved his show

 

[ChapelHillSooner]

He chose honest discussions when most were moving to trash TV and paid the price for it in ratings. Lots of respect for that.

Given, all of those shows were a little bit exploitative but Donahue and Oprah were by far the classiest.

 

[Patb78]

He was one of the pioneers in the daytime talk shows.

 

[Wheels81]

Fun fact: Phil Donahue went to St Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio, which is where Jawad Williams went to high school.

 

[farce©]

He also grew up across the street from Erma Bombeck

 

[UNCMSinLS]

Before I noticed this thread, I was going to start one entitled, "Phil Donahue is Dead ... Discuss."