Phil Donahue hosts his television show in New York on Jan. 27, 1993. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88. A giant of the television ...

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, 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, ...

NEW YORK – Phil Donahue, a legendary TV host who rose to fame for his innovation and interacting with his studio audience, died Sunday. He was 88. The cause of his death was not immediately disclosed, ...

Phil Donahue, the celebrated King of Daytime Talk who altered the direction of talk television as host of the syndicated “The Phil Donahue Show” and later the redubbed “Donahue” for nearly three ...

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 hosts his television show in New York on Jan. 27, 1993. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88. AP file photo Phil Donahue ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Donahue was known as the “king of daytime ...

The talk show host made a career of exposing polarizing topics while dressed in a relatively neutral wardrobe. By Guy Trebay The hoary tabloid axiom “if it bleeds, it leads” played no small part in ...

Phil Donahue's groundbreaking show helped launch the careers of Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, and Ellen DeGeneres. Donahue aired a live broadcast of a woman's facelift in 1990, sparking public ...

"They were chatting away while they were dancing. I was very impressed," Donahue's wife Marlo Thomas said Ken Goff/Gett The late Phil Donahue and Princess Diana once shared a special moment together.

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 ...