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 ...

Phil Donahue, a broadcast legend and retired TV talk show host, died recently following a long illness. He was honored widely in the media for his extraordinary pioneering role in daytime television ...

Groundbreaking daytime TV talk show host Phil Donahue, who died Sunday at age 88, hosted a week of outdoor TV shows on Sacramento’s K Street Mall in the 1970s. Donahue’s show achieved national ...

Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88.

American TV icon Phil Donahue has died at the age of 88. His death was first reported by "The Today Show," which received a statement from his family. Donahue’s talk show, "The Phil Donahue Show," ran ...

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 recalled the moment he realized the power of the microphone. “I was a reporter for WABJ radio in Adrian, Michigan,” he told Closer. “I must have looked 13.” But he suddenly understood why ...

Successful national talk show host Phil Donahue, who entertained, challenged and informed two generations of daytime television viewers, died on Sunday night following a long illness, Variety has ...

The Rev. Michael Heath, of Fayetteville, is a licensed mental health counselor and a United Church of Christ minister. Television talk show host Phil Donahue’s recent death hit me harder than most.