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Old 23 June 2009, 01:34 PM
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ED MCMAHON DIES AT 86

Ed McMahon has died at age 86. His agent Howard Bragman told an NBC affiliate he died shortly after midnight in California..
Old 23 June 2009, 01:44 PM
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I'm taking a guess here. Wasn't he a newsreader in the US? Hardly news here is it?
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Edward Leo Peter "Ed" McMahon, Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009[2]) was an American comedian, game show host, announcer, and television personality. Most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer on Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, and as the host of the talent show Star Search from 1983 to 1995. He later also became well-known as the presenter of American Family Publishers sweepstakes, which arrives unannounced at the homes of winners. He subsequently made a series of Neighborhood Watch Public Service Announcements parodying that role.


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I'm taking a guess here. Wasn't he a newsreader in the US? Hardly news here is it?
as I say IF anyone cares
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Originally Posted by pimmo2000
Edward Leo Peter "Ed" McMahon, Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009[2]) was an American comedian, game show host, announcer, and television personality. Most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer on Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, and as the host of the talent show Star Search from 1983 to 1995. He later also became well-known as the presenter of American Family Publishers sweepstakes, which arrives unannounced at the homes of winners. He subsequently made a series of Neighborhood Watch Public Service Announcements parodying that role.




as I say IF anyone cares
Which they obviously don't

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Originally Posted by pimmo2000
Breaking News (if anyone cares)

ED MCMAHON DIES AT 86

Ed McMahon has died at age 86. His agent Howard Bragman told an NBC affiliate he died shortly after midnight in California..

A yank has lived to 86 is more news to me, I thought they all died of high cholesterol well before then?
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