Posted on 06/23/2009 5:39:47 AM PDT by jakerobins
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Legendary game show host, actor and comedian Ed McMahon is dead at the age of 86.
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Rest in Peace, Ed.
There goes another part of my youth.
RIP and Semper Fi
RIP. I think he had too much pressure placed on himself due to financial situations. Now he does not have to worry about finances as he is sitting up with God.
Born in Bayonne, NJ.
“Hey now!” in peace.
HI YOOOOOOOOOOO
RIP
Bet Ed and Johnny are making up for lost time.
“You are correct sir!”
RIP Ed
Now there will be someone up in Heaven to say, “Heeeeerrrrrreeeees Johnny!”
Sorry to see you go, Ed. Say hi to Johnny for me.
RIP, Ed. Johnny’s glad to have you back as his right-hand man, though, I’m sure.
Good bye, Ed. Best second banana ever.
RIP. May you find peace now.
Well, he's probably sitting on the couch to the right of God. :)
Ed and Johnny, true, talented comedians, Not like what they try to pass off as talent NOW
Ed McMahon
Marine Corps Aviator
by M.L. Shettle, Jr.
Edward Peter Leo McMahon, Jr. was born in Detroit Michigan in 1923. McMahon led a somewhat unhappy and nomadic childhood. His father traveled all over the country pursuing various financial ventures including carnival jobs and bingo games. Nevertheless, McMahon had a good lineage. His great-great-great-grandfather, the Duke of Magenta, was a marshal and president of France. The Duke’s favorite sauce, named Macmahonaise in his honor, was later shortened to mayonnaise. McMahon’s grandmother was the cousin of Rose Fitzgerald, mother of John F. Kennedy. Many of McMahon’s summers were spent at his grandparent’s in Lowell Massachusetts. McMahon’s ambition was to be a radio announcer and had his first announcing job at the age of 15.
When the United States began gearing up for World War II, McMahon wanted to become a Marine fighter pilot. Since the Navy’s V-5 program required two years of college, he enrolled in Boston College. When the Navy relaxed the two-year requirement, McMahon dropped out of school and signed up. In early 1943, he first went to a civilian-run Wartime Training School in Texarkana where the Navy evaluated cadets’ potential by checking them out in a Piper Cub. Then came the three-month Preflight School at Athens, Georgia. McMahon received primary training at Dallas and intermediate training at Pensacola. McMahon received the single engine carrier syllabus and was assigned to the Marines. After receiving his commission and wings in early 1945, McMahon was sent to the Corsair Operational Training Unit at Lee Field, Green Cove Springs, Florida. Upon completion of training, he was “plowed back” and became an instructor in the same unit. On the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, McMahon received orders to join the Marine carrier program on the West Coast. His orders were cancelled and he returned to civilian life.
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I think that was Larry Sanders sidekick. What was his name?
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