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Posted August 19, 2024 10:05 am
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FILE - Emmy award-winning talk show host Phil Donahue, 41, after ten years on the air.
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Longtime TV talk show host Phil Donahue died on Sunday night following a long illness, his family said. He was 88.
Donahue, a television pioneer who introduced the world to the modern format of daytime talk shows that featured audience participation, died at home surround by his family, including his wife of 44 years, Marlo Thomas.
Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas attend the American Icon Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 19, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.
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The cause of his death was not released.
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