Talk Show Host Mike Douglas Dies @ 81 (on his Birthday!) *My Title*

Reuters;Yahoo News ^ | August 11, 06 | Steve Gorman

[mrs tiggywinkle]

May he rest in peace.

I knew him through my brother in law - they were golf buddies before my bil passed on 8 years ago. Mike Douglas was known as a true gentleman.

[stands2reason]

I did not know he was a singer.

[Wolfie]

Man, I loved that show.

[Majie Purple]

Ping in case you didn't hear yet and want to read about it!
Though most will probably hear of it before getting my ping.
This is only my 3rd Thread.
I enjoyed the Mike Douglas Talk Show...

[Peach]

Thank you for the ping, Purple. He was terrific and will be missed.

[onyx]

I saw it on the news, but thank you for the ping and you did a good job posting your third!

[SnarlinCubBear]

I did not know. Thanks Purp.

[crymeariver]

Mike was a close personal friend of the Reagans and helped Nancy through the hard days of the President's Alzheimer's Disease. He remained very close with Nancy.

[b9]

Glad to see mention of the wonderful Kay Kayser.
He said "The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is the UMPH!.

Mike Douglas' life certainly proved that.

[Wolfstar]

Thanks for the ping, Maj. Mike Douglas was a good guy.

[Majie Purple]

[BallyBill]

Great guy. I grew up watching his show on the local Philly station from where it was broadcast. Lots of silliness, even had an old Moe Howard on once. Moe pied his own wife on the show!!!

[SSR1]

I grew up watching MD. One of the things I liked about the old Rosie O'Donald Show (before she went *Angry* ) was her saying that MD was an influence on her for her own show and doing an interview with him on the golf course. SO funny. and he was a perfect gentleman to her, but he could not be otherwise.. Day time talk shows from Oprah to Ellen should acknowledge their debt to him. Great guy. Say a prayer for his family as he is without pain and suffering now.

[Majie Purple]

[Bosco]

[since 1854]

Moe Howard -- I saw that show!

[Riley]

Wow- there's a name that I haven't heard in a while! I remember watching him in about 1970 or so.

[bilhosty]

I remember him as a LBJ Dem. Not kook but still a lib and it was very transparent. But, what I also remember was when Barry Newman of Petrocelli fame was a guest. Barry was shooting off his mouth about how he could get a date anytime anywhere(like having a hit TV show wouldn't help). So they put him out on a street outside the station where he proceeded to approached women and ask them out. Wouldn't you know it, but one of the first woman announced she was a cop and pulled out a badge and arrested him for making an indecent proposition.

[Majie Purple]

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