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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) .
Ed McMahon. Self: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Ed McMahon's first appearance before a microphone was as a 15-year-old "caller" at a bingo game in Maine. After that, he spent the next three years touring the state fair and carnival circuit.
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...
From his days as Johnny Carson's sidekick, to his years giving away sweepstakes money, Ed McMahon turned a supporting role into Hollywood history. Sandra Hughes reports. ...more.
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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...
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.
Jun 23, 2009 · Ed McMahon, the longtime pitchman and Johnny Carson sidekick whose "Heeeeeeerre's Johnny!" became a part of the vernacular, has died.
