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  • Mike Douglas, former TV show host, dies

    08/11/2006 10:03:08 AM PDT · by lunarbicep · 180 replies · 6,913+ views
    Yahoo & AP ^ | 11 August 2006
    Mike Douglas, who drew on his affable personality and singing talent during 21 years as host of a syndicated television talk show, died Friday on his 81st birthday, his wife said. The afternoon talk show, which aired from 1961 to 1982, featured Douglas' ballad and big-band singing style, other musicians, comedians, political personalities and sports figures. His interviews included seven men who were then, had been or would become president.
  • Talk Show Host Mike Douglas Dies @ 81 (on his Birthday!) *My Title*

    08/11/2006 2:01:01 PM PDT · by Majie Purple · 82 replies · 1,689+ views
    Reuters;Yahoo News ^ | August 11, 06 | Steve Gorman
    By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mike Douglas, the affable big band singer who for two decades hosted a parade of America's biggest stars and newsmakers on his top-rated daytime talk show, died on Friday on his 81st birthday, friends said. ADVERTISEMENT Douglas, an Irish tenor on the verge of quitting show business before landing the TV show that made him a household name, died at a hospital in North Palm Beach, Florida, according to business associate Bob Patterson. Patterson said he had no details about the circumstances of the entertainer's death. Born Michael Dowd in Chicago in 1925,...