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Fri Aug-11-06 12:18 PM
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Did Regis Philbin just die? |
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:19 PM
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:20 PM
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4. lol... my response exactly |
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:48 PM
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15. No, Mike was not a game show host. |
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Mike began "The Mike Douglas Show" here in Cleveland, Ohio. It was a daily variety show or today would be called a talk show. Legendary Talk Show Host Mike Douglas Dies TV Personality Dies On 81st Birthday
POSTED: 1:00 pm EDT August 11, 2006 UPDATED: 1:32 pm EDT August 11, 2006
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Mike Douglas, who drew on his affable personality and singing talent during 21 years as host of a syndicated television talk show, died Friday on his 81st birthday.
Douglas died at 5:30 a.m. in a Palm Beach Gardens hospital in West Palm Beach, said his wife, Genevieve Douglas. She wasn't sure of the cause, but said he had been admitted Thursday.
The afternoon talk show, which aired from 1961 to 1982, featured Douglas' ballad and big-band singing style, other musicians, comedians, political personalities and sports figures.
His guests ranged from such athletes as boxing great Muhammad Ali and pre-school age golfer Tiger Woods, legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, acting great Bette Davis, author Truman Capote, comedian Andy Kaufman and then-unknown comedians-turned-talk show hosts David Letterman and Jay Leno.
Other Douglas guests included former Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono -- who also guest-hosted the show.
His interviews included seven men who were then, had been or would become president.
In all, Douglas did about 6,000 syndicated shows, most of them 90 minutes long. It is estimated that at its peak the show was seen in about 230 cities.
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:19 PM
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2. No. Mike Douglas just died. |
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:39 PM
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12. I really liked him in... |
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...The Streets of San Francisco and Basic Instinct. :eyes:
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:19 PM
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3. No, Michael Douglas ... |
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:44 PM
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14. Mike Douglas - talk show host, not Michael |
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Minor difference, but an important one.
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Fri Aug-11-06 02:23 PM
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24. Then there's Laura's now deseased fiance that she hit with her car: |
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:20 PM
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5. Somebody said Merv Griffin |
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:20 PM
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6. What was his final answer? |
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:22 PM
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:34 PM
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:rofl: Good thing the keyboard was pushed in under the desk or I'd be changing it out right now.
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:22 PM
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7. Frederick Douglass died |
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:24 PM
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10. I just saw that in LBN. |
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Fri Aug-11-06 01:53 PM
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Edited on Fri Aug-11-06 01:53 PM by FredScuttle
Sadly, he will not be kung fu fighting
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:22 PM
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8. Mike Douglas died. n/t |
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Fri Aug-11-06 12:41 PM
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Very sad. He must have been *old*!
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Fri Aug-11-06 01:11 PM
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16. Regis is a Mike Douglas wannabe. But never will be. n/t |
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Fri Aug-11-06 01:12 PM
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I've never seen so much confusion over who a celebrity actually is.
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Fri Aug-11-06 01:13 PM
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I always watched Mike Douglas. Very sad news.
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Fri Aug-11-06 02:20 PM
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22. NO, and Abe Vigoda is still alive also!!! n/t |
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