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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) .
- Actor, Producer, Writer
- June 23, 2009
- March 6, 1923
Dec 31, 2009 · Say “He-e-ere’s Johnny!” and you can still hear Ed McMahon. The entertainment world’s iconic sidekick, McMahon died June 23 in Los Angeles at age 86. Nicknamed the “Human Laugh Track ...
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 bone cancer, as well as...
Jun 23, 2009 · Ed McMahon, who has died at age 86, lived out that quandary for more than three decades starting in 1962 as the announcer for Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show. He anchored down the guest-couch with...
Jun 24, 2009 · Ed McMahon, who for nearly 30 years was Johnny Carson’s affable second banana on “The Tonight Show,” introducing it with his ringing trademark line, “Heeeeere’s Johnny!,” died early ...
Jun 24, 2009 · 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.