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Talk show host and daytime TV icon Phil Donahue dead at 88
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Daytime talk show icon Phil Donahue passed away at the age of 88 on Sunday after a battle with an undisclosed illness. He was the host of the ‘Phil Donahue Show' which ran from 1967 to 1996 and won 20 Emmy Awards.
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