He presenter of television American Phil Donahuepioneer of the programs of interviews and husband of the actress Marlo Thomas died at 88 after “a long illness,” his family announced in a statement on Monday.
“The innovator journalist of programs of interviews of television Phil Donahue He died on Sunday night at his home surrounded by his wife of 44 years. Marlo Thomas, his sister, his children, grandchildren and his beloved golden retriever Charlie,” said the statement released by his relatives.
- Donahuewhich won 11 Emmy Awards for daytime programs and paved the way for other figures to follow, such as Oprah Winfreyrose to fame in the late 1960s after being the first person to interact with a studio audience and bring new ideas to a set that would later transcend borders.
I was approaching themes contemporary and controversial and invited his audience to participate, carrying his microphone into the crowd and interweaving questions with his own comments.
The thematic approach was novel – delving into issues such as abortion, incest, artificial insemination, alcoholism, penile implants, same-sex couples and pedophilia in the church – which gave popularity to your program.
The own Oprah Winfrey He described in his day Donahue as a pioneer who invented “intelligent afternoon conversation and brought surprising ideas into the living rooms and laundries of American women.”
They are program ‘The Phil Donahue Show’, the ‘Donahue‘, as it was later renamed, was a precursor to other similar formats hosted by renowned US presenters such as Montel Williams and Jerry Springer.
Originally from Cleveland (Ohio), Donahue presented that program for the first time on a Dayton radio station (Ohio) on November 7, 1967 until the last on September 13, 1996 at the national level.
Besides, Donahue He was a collaborator of program ‘TODAY‘ from NBC from 1979 to 1988 and returned to the television in 2022 with a program in prime time on MSNBC, but was cancelled a year later due to ratings issues.
He married the actress Marlo Thomas (‘That Girl’) in 1980, after having met at the same program of the famous presentermaking them one of the longest-lasting couples in show business.
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- Thomas and the family of Donahue They asked that the samples of dear al presenter Instead of bouquets of flowers, they would result in donations to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – located in New York and focused on treating children’s cancer – or to funding the Phil Donahue at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA). EFE
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