FILE - Phil Donahue attends the 2019 American Icon Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 19, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) Phil Donahue, whose ...

Phil Donahue, the celebrated daytime talk show host who pioneered the television staple, has died, his publicist confirmed to CBS News. He was 88. Donahue died Sunday night surrounded by his wife, ...

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.

Phil Donahue, an innovative TV host who rose to fame in the late 1960s after he was the first person to interact with a studio audience on a talk show and brought new ideas into American living rooms, ...

Talk show host Phil Donahue appears with former first lady Nancy Reagan during taping of his show to promote her book “My Turn” on Nov. 6, 1989, in Burbank, Calif. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime ...

PEOPLE confirmed that Donahue died on Aug. 18 at age 88 after "a long illness" Stephanie Wenger is a TV Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She joined the brand in 2021 as a digital news writer, covering ...

Phil Donahue, a groundbreaking daytime TV talk show host, has died, his family announced. He was 88. Family members told “Today” the television fixture died Sunday night surrounded by loved ones ...

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, has died. He was 88.