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href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue" title="Phil Donahue – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Phil Donahue" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88" title="فیل دوناهو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فیل دوناهو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue" title="Phil Donahue – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Phil Donahue" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue" title="Phil Donahue – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Phil Donahue" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue" title="Phil Donahue – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Phil Donahue" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%AB%D5%AC_%D4%B4%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Ֆիլ Դոնահյու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆիլ Դոնահյու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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style="display:none">(2024-08-18)</span> (aged 88)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">New York City, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a> (<a href="/wiki/BBA" class="mw-redirect" title="BBA">BBA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r979066050">.mw-parser-output ul.cslist,.mw-parser-output ul.sslist{margin:0;padding:0;display:inline-block;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output ul.cslist-embedded{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .cslist li,.mw-parser-output .sslist li{margin:0;padding:0 0.25em 0 0;display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:after{content:", "}.mw-parser-output .sslist li:after{content:"; "}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:last-child:after,.mw-parser-output .sslist li:last-child:after{content:none}</style><ul class="cslist"><li>Talk show host</li><li>film producer</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1957–2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Margaret Cooney</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1958; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1975)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Marlo_Thomas" title="Marlo Thomas">Marlo Thomas</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1980)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Phillip John Donahue</b> (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Phil_Donahue_Show" title="The Phil Donahue Show">The Phil Donahue Show</a></i>. The television program, later known simply as <i>Donahue</i>, was the first popular talk show to feature a format that included audience participation.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show had a 29-year run on national television that began in <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a>, in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996. </p><p>Donahue's shows often focused on issues that divide <a href="/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States" title="Modern liberalism in the United States">liberals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservatives</a> in the United States, such as <a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States" title="Abortion in the United States">abortion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Consumer_protection" title="Consumer protection">consumer protection</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a>, and war issues. His most frequent guest was <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a>, for whom Donahue campaigned in <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Ralph Nader 2000 presidential campaign">2000</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-times_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> from July 2002 to February 2003. Donahue was one of the most influential talk show hosts and was often referred to as the "king of daytime talk".<sup id="cite_ref-oprah_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oprah-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> has said, "If it weren't for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an <i><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Oprah Show">Oprah Show</a></i>."<sup id="cite_ref-oprah_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oprah-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, Donahue was ranked <abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 42 on <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Donahue was born on December 21, 1935,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> into a middle-class, <a href="/wiki/Irish_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Catholic">Irish Catholic</a> family in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, Ohio; his father, Phillip Donahue, was a furniture sales clerk, while his mother, Catherine (née McClory), was a department store shoe clerk.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1949, he graduated from Our Lady of Angels Elementary School in the <a href="/wiki/West_Park,_Cleveland" title="West Park, Cleveland">West Park</a> neighborhood. In 1953, Donahue was a member of the first graduating class of <a href="/wiki/St._Edward_High_School_(Ohio)" title="St. Edward High School (Ohio)">St. Edward High School</a>, an all-boys college preparatory Catholic private high school in <a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Ohio" title="Lakewood, Ohio">Lakewood, Ohio</a>. He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Business_Administration" title="Bachelor of Business Administration">Bachelor of Business Administration</a> degree, in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Donahue began his career in 1957 as a production assistant at <a href="/wiki/WTAM" title="WTAM">KYW radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/WKYC-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WKYC-TV">television</a> when that station was in Cleveland. He got a chance to become an announcer one day when the regular announcer failed to show up. After a brief stint as a bank check sorter in <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>, he became program director for <a href="/wiki/WABJ" class="mw-redirect" title="WABJ">WABJ</a> radio in <a href="/wiki/Adrian,_Michigan" title="Adrian, Michigan">Adrian, Michigan</a>, soon after graduating.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved on to become a <a href="/wiki/Stringer_(journalism)" title="Stringer (journalism)">stringer</a> for the <i><a href="/wiki/CBS_Evening_News" title="CBS Evening News">CBS Evening News</a></i> and later, an anchor of the morning newscast at <a href="/wiki/WHIO-TV" title="WHIO-TV">WHIO-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a>, where his interviews with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa" title="Jimmy Hoffa">Jimmy Hoffa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billie_Sol_Estes" title="Billie Sol Estes">Billie Sol Estes</a> were picked up nationally. While in Dayton, Donahue also hosted <i>Conversation Piece</i>, an afternoon phone-in talk show from 1963 to 1967 on <a href="/wiki/WHIO_(AM)" title="WHIO (AM)">WHIO radio</a>. In Dayton, Donahue interviewed presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, late-night talk show host <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Carson" title="Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> human rights activist <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a>, and Vietnam war opponents including <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rubin" title="Jerry Rubin">Jerry Rubin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Chicago and New York City, Donahue interviewed <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> heavyweight boxing champions <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Frazier" title="Joe Frazier">Joe Frazier</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and author and political activist <a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Phil_Donahue_Show"><i>The Phil Donahue Show</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Phil Donahue Show"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Phil_Donahue_Show" title="The Phil Donahue Show">The Phil Donahue Show</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phil_Donahue_Johnny_Carson_1970.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Phil_Donahue_Johnny_Carson_1970.JPG/310px-Phil_Donahue_Johnny_Carson_1970.JPG" decoding="async" width="310" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Phil_Donahue_Johnny_Carson_1970.JPG/465px-Phil_Donahue_Johnny_Carson_1970.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Phil_Donahue_Johnny_Carson_1970.JPG/620px-Phil_Donahue_Johnny_Carson_1970.JPG 2x" data-file-width="944" data-file-height="535" /></a><figcaption>Donahue (right) with guest <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Carson" title="Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a> in August 1970</figcaption></figure> <p>On November 6, 1967, Donahue left WHIO, moving his talk program with <i>The Phil Donahue Show</i> on WLWD (now <a href="/wiki/WDTN" title="WDTN">WDTN</a>), also in Dayton. Initially, the program was shown only on other stations owned by the <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Crosley Broadcasting Corporation">Crosley Broadcasting Corporation</a> (which would later take the name of its parent <a href="/wiki/Avco" title="Avco">Avco Company</a>), which also owned WLWD. But, in January 1970, <i>The Phil Donahue Show</i> entered nationwide <a href="/wiki/Television_syndication" class="mw-redirect" title="Television syndication">syndication</a>. Donahue's syndicated show moved from Dayton, Ohio, to Chicago in 1974; then in 1985, he moved the show to New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-Haberman_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haberman-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a 29-year run—26 years in syndication and nearly 7,000 one-hour daily shows—the final original episode of <i>Donahue</i> aired on September 13, 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While hosting his own program, Donahue also appeared on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Today_(NBC_program)" class="mw-redirect" title="Today (NBC program)">The Today Show</a></i> as a contributor, from 1979 until 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-nbc-obit_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbc-obit-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S.–Soviet_Space_Bridge"><span id="U.S..E2.80.93Soviet_Space_Bridge"></span>U.S.–Soviet Space Bridge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: U.S.–Soviet Space Bridge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phil_Donahue_with_audience_members.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Phil_Donahue_with_audience_members.jpg/220px-Phil_Donahue_with_audience_members.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Phil_Donahue_with_audience_members.jpg/330px-Phil_Donahue_with_audience_members.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Phil_Donahue_with_audience_members.jpg/440px-Phil_Donahue_with_audience_members.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3889" data-file-height="2610" /></a><figcaption>Donahue during a 1980 episode</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1980s, during the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> period of <a href="/wiki/Glasnost" title="Glasnost">openness by the USSR</a>, Donahue and Soviet journalist <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Pozner_Jr." title="Vladimir Pozner Jr.">Vladimir Pozner</a> co-hosted a series of televised discussions, known as the <a href="/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Soviet_Space_Bridge" title="U.S.–Soviet Space Bridge">U.S.–Soviet Space Bridge</a>, among everyday citizens of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first event of its kind in broadcasting history: Donahue hosted an audience in a U.S. city while Posner hosted an audience in a Soviet city, all on one television program. Members of both audiences asked each other questions about both nations. While the governments of both nations were preparing for the possibility of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear war">nuclear war</a>, Donahue said: "We reached out instead of lashed out." From 1991 to 1994 Donahue and Posner co-hosted <i>Posner/Donahue</i>, a weekly, issues-oriented roundtable program, which aired both on <a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a> and in syndication.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife Marlo Thomas created a children's version in 1988 entitled <i><a href="/wiki/Free_to_Be..._A_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="Free to Be... A Family">Free to Be... A Family</a>.</i> Donahue and Posner became long-time friends after the experience.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MSNBC_program">MSNBC program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: MSNBC program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Donahue_(2002_talk_show)" title="Donahue (2002 talk show)">Donahue (2002 talk show)</a></div> <p>In July 2002, Donahue returned to television after seven years of retirement to host a show called <i>Donahue</i> on <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 25, 2003, MSNBC canceled the show.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after the show's cancellation, an internal MSNBC memo was leaked to the press stating that Donahue should be fired because he opposed the imminent <a href="/wiki/U.S._invasion_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. invasion of Iraq">U.S. invasion of Iraq</a> and that he would be a "difficult public face for NBC in a time of war"<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that his program could be "a home for the liberal anti-war agenda".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Donahue commented in 2007 that the management of MSNBC, owned at the time by <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>, a major defense contractor, required that "we have two conservative (guests) for every liberal. I was counted as two liberals."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Body_of_War"><i>Body of War</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Body of War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.c-span.org/video/?204350-1/qa-phil-donahue"><i>Q&A</i> interview with Donahue on <i>Body of War</i>, March 23, 2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 2006, Donahue served as co-director with independent filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Spiro" title="Ellen Spiro">Ellen Spiro</a> for the feature documentary film <i><a href="/wiki/Body_of_War" title="Body of War">Body of War</a></i>. The film tells the story of <a href="/wiki/Tomas_Young" title="Tomas Young">Tomas Young</a>, a severely disabled Iraq War veteran and his turbulent postwar adjustments. In November 2007, the film was named as one of fifteen documentaries to be in consideration for an <a href="/wiki/Oscar_nomination" class="mw-redirect" title="Oscar nomination">Oscar nomination</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2013, Donahue and numerous other celebrities appeared in a video showing support for <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Manning" title="Chelsea Manning">Chelsea Manning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Donahue was interviewed for the documentary film <i><a href="/wiki/Finding_Vivian_Maier" title="Finding Vivian Maier">Finding Vivian Maier</a></i> (2013), about the posthumously recognized American <a href="/wiki/Street_photographer" class="mw-redirect" title="Street photographer">street photographer</a> and an acquaintance of his from the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-finding-vivian-maier_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finding-vivian-maier-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 24 and May 25, 2016, Donahue spoke at <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a>'s "Breaking Through Power" conference at <a href="/wiki/DAR_Constitution_Hall" title="DAR Constitution Hall">DAR Constitution Hall</a> in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Joe_Biden_presents_the_Medal_of_Freedom_to_Phil_Donahue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/President_Joe_Biden_presents_the_Medal_of_Freedom_to_Phil_Donahue.jpg/220px-President_Joe_Biden_presents_the_Medal_of_Freedom_to_Phil_Donahue.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/President_Joe_Biden_presents_the_Medal_of_Freedom_to_Phil_Donahue.jpg/330px-President_Joe_Biden_presents_the_Medal_of_Freedom_to_Phil_Donahue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/President_Joe_Biden_presents_the_Medal_of_Freedom_to_Phil_Donahue.jpg/440px-President_Joe_Biden_presents_the_Medal_of_Freedom_to_Phil_Donahue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Donahue receiving the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> from President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> in May 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>Donahue was nominated for 20 <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Awards" title="Daytime Emmy Awards">Daytime Emmy Awards</a> during his broadcasting career, winning eight for Outstanding Talk Show Host <i><a href="/wiki/The_Phil_Donahue_Show" title="The Phil Donahue Show">The Phil Donahue Show</a>,</i> as well as receiving both a Special Recognition Award in 1993, and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He received the <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a> in 1980, and was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Television_Hall_of_Fame" title="Television Hall of Fame">Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame</a> on November 20, 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1987, he received the <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Sanger_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Margaret Sanger Award">"Maggie" Award</a>, highest honor of the <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a> Federation, in tribute to their founder, <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Sanger" title="Margaret Sanger">Margaret Sanger</a>. In 2024, Donahue was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> by President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:077-IMG_5862_(6872096087).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/077-IMG_5862_%286872096087%29.jpg/170px-077-IMG_5862_%286872096087%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/077-IMG_5862_%286872096087%29.jpg/255px-077-IMG_5862_%286872096087%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/077-IMG_5862_%286872096087%29.jpg/340px-077-IMG_5862_%286872096087%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marlo_Thomas" title="Marlo Thomas">Marlo Thomas</a> and Donahue in February 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>Donahue's 1958 marriage to Margaret Cooney produced five children – Michael, Kevin, Daniel, Mary Rose, and James – but ended in divorce in 1975. She returned to her native New Mexico, remarried, and retired from public view.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The family had lived in <a href="/wiki/Centerville,_Ohio" title="Centerville, Ohio">Centerville, Ohio</a>, across the street from <a href="/wiki/Erma_Bombeck" title="Erma Bombeck">Erma Bombeck</a>, a humorist who would become one of his contemporaries as a national voice in the 1970s and 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a brief period in the 1970s, Donahue employed <a href="/wiki/Vivian_Maier" title="Vivian Maier">Vivian Maier</a>, an American <a href="/wiki/Street_photographer" class="mw-redirect" title="Street photographer">street photographer</a>, as a nanny for his children.<sup id="cite_ref-finding-vivian-maier_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finding-vivian-maier-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Donahue married actress <a href="/wiki/Marlo_Thomas" title="Marlo Thomas">Marlo Thomas</a> on May 21, 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Thomas had no children together. </p><p>In 1999, Donahue was one of the lead candidates to host the game show <i><a href="/wiki/Greed_(game_show)" title="Greed (game show)">Greed</a></i> along with <a href="/wiki/Keith_Olbermann" title="Keith Olbermann">Keith Olbermann</a>, but <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Woolery" title="Chuck Woolery">Chuck Woolery</a> was hired instead.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regarding his religion, Donahue had stated: "I will always be a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>. But I want my church to join the human race and finally walk away from this anti-sexual theology."<sup id="cite_ref-times_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also said that he is not "a very good Catholic", and that he did not think it was necessary to have his first marriage <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_nullity" title="Declaration of nullity">annulled</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-times_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had expressed admiration of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early August 2014, Donahue's youngest son, James Donahue, died suddenly at the age of 51 due to <a href="/wiki/Ruptured_aortic_aneurysm" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruptured aortic aneurysm">ruptured aortic aneurysm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Donahue died following a long illness at his home on the <a href="/wiki/Upper_East_Side" title="Upper East Side">Upper East Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> in New York City, on August 18, 2024, at the age of 88. Donahue's death was confirmed by a family spokesperson, Susie Arons, who said Donahue died "peacefully following a long illness," surrounded by family members and "his beloved Golden retriever, Charlie."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hampton_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampton-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Haberman_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haberman-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Donahue&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224636/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141323,00.html">"Donahue's Last Hurrah : People.com"</a>. <i>People</i>. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Phil Donahue</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Downs" title="Hugh Downs">Hugh Downs</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Phil Donahue</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Phil Donahue</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Collins_(actor)" title="Gary Collins (actor)">Gary Collins</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Phil Donahue</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Phil Donahue</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Phil Donahue</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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(1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Montel_Williams" title="Montel Williams">Montel Williams</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosie_O%27Donnell" title="Rosie O'Donnell">Rosie O'Donnell</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosie_O%27Donnell" title="Rosie O'Donnell">Rosie O'Donnell</a> / <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosie_O%27Donnell" title="Rosie O'Donnell">Rosie O'Donnell</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosie_O%27Donnell" title="Rosie O'Donnell">Rosie O'Donnell</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosie_O%27Donnell" title="Rosie O'Donnell">Rosie O'Donnell</a> / <a href="/wiki/Regis_Philbin" title="Regis Philbin">Regis Philbin</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosie_O%27Donnell" title="Rosie O'Donnell">Rosie O'Donnell</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Brady" title="Wayne Brady">Wayne Brady</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Brady" title="Wayne Brady">Wayne Brady</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joy_Behar" title="Joy Behar">Joy Behar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherri_Shepherd" title="Sherri Shepherd">Sherri Shepherd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Hasselbeck" title="Elisabeth Hasselbeck">Elisabeth Hasselbeck</a> & <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Walters" title="Barbara Walters">Barbara Walters</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Oz" title="Mehmet Oz">Mehmet Oz</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Regis_Philbin" title="Regis Philbin">Regis Philbin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Ripa" title="Kelly Ripa">Kelly Ripa</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Oz" title="Mehmet Oz">Mehmet Oz</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Regis_Philbin" title="Regis Philbin">Regis Philbin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Ripa" title="Kelly Ripa">Kelly Ripa</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ricki_Lake" title="Ricki Lake">Ricki Lake</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Katie_Couric" title="Katie Couric">Katie Couric</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Oz" title="Mehmet Oz">Mehmet Oz</a> (2014)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Consuelos" title="Mark Consuelos">Mark Consuelos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Ripa" title="Kelly Ripa">Kelly Ripa</a> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #F9EFAA;"><div>From 2015–2022, the category was split into <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Entertainment_Talk_Show_Host" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host">Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Informative_Talk_Show_Host" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host">Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Daytime_Emmy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award211" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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Bell">William J. Bell</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Marland" title="Douglas Marland">Douglas Marland</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Clark" title="Dick Clark">Dick Clark</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Betty_Corday" title="Betty Corday">Betty Corday</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ted_Corday" title="Ted Corday">Ted Corday</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Phil Donahue</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Rogers" title="Fred Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Barker" title="Bob Barker">Bob Barker</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Walters" title="Barbara Walters">Barbara Walters</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Edwards" title="Ralph Edwards">Ralph Edwards</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">John Cannon (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Ames" title="Rachel Ames">Rachel Ames</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Clarke_(actor)" title="John Clarke (actor)">John Clarke</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Cooper" title="Jeanne Cooper">Jeanne Cooper</a> / <a href="/wiki/Eileen_Fulton" title="Eileen Fulton">Eileen Fulton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Don_Hastings" title="Don Hastings">Don Hastings</a> / <a href="/wiki/Anna_Lee" title="Anna Lee">Anna Lee</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ray_MacDonnell" title="Ray MacDonnell">Ray MacDonnell</a> / <a href="/wiki/Frances_Reid" title="Frances Reid">Frances Reid</a> / <a href="/wiki/Helen_Wagner" title="Helen Wagner">Helen Wagner</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Warrick" title="Ruth Warrick">Ruth Warrick</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Merv_Griffin" title="Merv Griffin">Merv Griffin</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Caroll_Spinney" title="Caroll Spinney">Caroll Spinney</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Phillip_Bell" title="Lee Phillip Bell">Lee Phillip Bell</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_Lipton" title="James Lipton">James Lipton</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Regis_Philbin" title="Regis Philbin">Regis Philbin</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Nixon" title="Agnes Nixon">Agnes Nixon</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Sajak" title="Pat Sajak">Pat Sajak</a> / <a href="/wiki/Alex_Trebek" title="Alex Trebek">Alex Trebek</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Geddie" title="Bill Geddie">Bill Geddie</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Monty_Hall" title="Monty Hall">Monty Hall</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bob_Stewart_(television_producer)" title="Bob Stewart (television producer)">Bob Stewart</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russell_Morash" title="Russell Morash">Russell Morash</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Betty_White" title="Betty White">Betty White</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Manzano" title="Sonia Manzano">Sonia Manzano</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Hart" title="Mary Hart">Mary Hart</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Seaforth_Hayes" title="Susan Seaforth Hayes">Susan Seaforth Hayes</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hayes_(actor)" title="Bill Hayes (actor)">Bill Hayes</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft" title="Sid and Marty Krofft">Sid and Marty Krofft</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_P%C3%A9pin" title="Jacques Pépin">Jacques Pépin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Judy_Sheindlin" title="Judy Sheindlin">Judy Sheindlin</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Aniston" title="John Aniston">John Aniston</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Lucci" title="Susan Lucci">Susan Lucci</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maury_Povich" title="Maury Povich">Maury Povich</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lidia_Bastianich" title="Lidia Bastianich">Lidia Bastianich</a> / <a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Scott" title="Edward J. 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