Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88.

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Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, died Sunday. He was 88.

Successful national talk show host Phil Donahue, who entertained, challenged and informed two generations of daytime television viewers, died on Sunday night following a long illness, Variety has ...

Groundbreaking daytime talk show host Phil Donahue is dead at 88. His family told “Today” the television fixture died Sunday night surrounded by loved ones following a long illness of an ...

The show was syndicated in 1970 and ran on national television for the next 26 years, racking up 20 Emmy Awards for the show and for Donahue as host, as well as a Peabody for Donahue in 1980.

Formerly a Marine, Chicago police officer, and bodyguard and substitute host on “The Jerry Springer Show,” Wilkos was given his own daytime TV talk show in 2008.

Phil Donahue, Pioneering Talk Show Host Who Tackled Any Subject, Dead at 88 The daytime-TV icon reigned for 29 years and was one of the first to welcome audience participation in his interviews By ...