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Jul 25, 2020 · Regis Philbin blows a kiss as he departs Live! with Regis and Kelly in 2011. Veteran American broadcaster Regis Philbin has died at the age of 88, a family statement says. The talk show host ...
Jul 25, 2020 · President Donald Trump also commented. "One of the greats in the history of television, Regis Philbin has passed on to even greater airwaves, at 88," the president tweeted. "He was a fantastic ...
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- Early Life and First Projects
- Early Versions of The Telephone
- Reis and His “Telephon”
Philipp Reis was born on January 7, 1834 in Gelnhausen, Germany in a Jewish family as son of a baker. Reis’s mother died while he was an infant, and he was raised by his paternal grandmother, a well-read woman. At the age of six Reis was sent to the common school of his home town of Gelnhausen. Here his talents attracted the notice of his instructo...
The telephone was invented by at least five different people in four different countries. Although Alexander Graham Bell is generally credited as the “winner” in the race to invent the telephone in the period between 1850 and 1876, his invention was preceded or paralleled by Philipp Reis, the Belgian-French Charles Bourseul, the Italian Antonio Meu...
After nine years of work, Reis had refined his device to the point that he could present it to Frankfurt’s Physics Association on 26 October 1861. His lecture on “Telephony Using Galvanic Current” („Das Telefonieren durch galvanischen Strom”) did not receive as much enthusiasm as Reis might have hoped for. But two years later, 50 copies of his “Tel...
Jul 27, 2020 · In 1985, he teamed with Kathie Lee Johnson, a year before she married former football star Frank Gifford, and the show went national in 1988. Kathie Lee Gifford and Regis Philbin. (Reuters, File)
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Jul 25, 2020 · The longtime television host died on July 24, PEOPLE confirms. ... In 2001, the franchise became Live! with Regis and Kelly, co-starring Kelly Ripa before he left in 2011 after 23 years on-air.
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Jul 25, 2020 · Regis Philbin, beloved TV host of 'Regis and Kathie Lee' and 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire,' dies at 88. Morgan Hines Bill Keveney. USA TODAY. TV legend Regis Philbin, a household name during his ...
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Reis' health was failing with the onset of tuberculosis. He found it difficult to keep up his teaching duties, and work on the telephon was suspended. He died on January 14, 1874. Reis' work and achievements were later suppressed by the Nazis because he was Jewish, and have only started to be acknowledged again in recent decades.
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