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Former TV, Radio Personality Ed McMahon Dead

By , About.com Guide   June 23, 2009

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TMZ.com reports Ed McMahon has died. "According to KNBC, he died at Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center in California this morning," writes TMZ.com.

Although best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, McMahon was also the host of a talent show called Star Search and co-host with Dick Clark on TV Bloopers And Practical Jokes.

McMahon's first broadcasting position was a radio job with WLLH-AM in Lowell, Massachusetts. He later worked at WCAU radio and TV in Philadelphia. According to broadcastpioneeers.com, "He was the announcer for The Ol' Night Owl, Powers Gouraud broadcast over WCAU Radio. He co-hosted Home Highlights with Jean Corbett of Action in the Afternoon fame."

Ed McMahon was 86.

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