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Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009) was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do You Trust?, running from 1957 to 1962.
A Marine fighter pilot during World War II, McMahon sold vegetable slicers on Atlantic City's boardwalk to put himself through Catholic University in Washington, DC. In the 1950s, he hosted a late-night interview show in Philadelphia before working as a clown on the show Big Top (1950) .
Jun 23, 2009 · Ed McMahon, television's most famous late-night sidekick, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. The cause has not been released, though a friend reported he had been suffering from...
Jun 23, 2009 · Ed McMahon, former sidekick to Johnny Carson on NBC Television's Tonight Show, has died at age 86 in Los Angeles. McMahon died early Tuesday morning at the UCLA Ronald Reagan...
Sep 16, 2014 · Ed McMahon, a television pioneer who warmed “The Tonight Show” couch for nearly 30 years as Johnny Carson’s jovial sidekick and announcer, died early Tuesday. He was 86. McMahon died at...
Jun 24, 2009 · Ed McMahon, who for nearly 30 years was Johnny Carson’s affable second banana on “The Tonight Show,” introducing it with his ringing trademark line, “Heeeeere’s Johnny!,” died...
Jun 23, 2009 · Ed McMahon died early Tuesday morning at the age of 86. From 1962 to 1992, he introduced Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.
Jun 23, 2009 · Ed McMahon Dies at 86. TV's popular sidekick was battling cancer and had pneumonia in January. He was TV’s most famous second banana, sitting alongside Johnny Carson during what was arguably...
Jun 23, 2009 · Commentator Marc Acito examines what it means to be a sidekick after the death of Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's longtime straight man.
Jun 24, 2009 · Ed McMahon, a television pioneer who warmed “The Tonight Show” couch for nearly 30 years as Johnny Carson’s jovial sidekick and announcer, died early Tuesday. He was 86. McMahon...
