LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly two decades, Phil Donahue was virtually the only TV talk show host to roam his audience with microphone and make them an essential part of his show. His huge cultural ...

Phil Donahue united a broadcaster's telegenic appeal, an insistent curiosity, and a taste for provocative topics to create a new genre of television – the audience participation talk show – which ...

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 ...

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FILE - 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 Photo/Mark ...

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