Phil Donahue, the influential TV host who revolutionized daytime television with his eponymous talk show passed away today in New York at the age of 88, following a long illness his family said in ...

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.

Among his many pioneering moments, the late star was the first TV host to feature a person living with AIDS on The Phil Donahue Show — which was renamed Donahue in 1974.

The montage also highlights Donahue’s trailblazing talk show career and lasting legacy Phil Donahue is being remembered one ...

Phil Donahue, the talk show innovator who changed the conversation and the course of daytime television with the weekday program he hosted for nearly three decades, has died. He was 88.

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.