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Thread #121772 Message #2662589
Posted By: Wesley S
23-Jun-09 - 09:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: Obit - Ed McMahon - June 2009
Subject: BS: Obit - Ed McMahon - June 2009
We've lost one of the TV icons.
Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.
McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other family members, said his publicist, Howard Bragman.
Bragman didn't give a cause of death, saying only that McMahon had a "multitude of health problems the last few months."