R.I.P Ed McMahon
Television personality and
Tonight Show
veteran Ed McMahon died June 23 at age 86. He passed away at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles; he’d been receiving treatment for pneumonia for the past several weeks. The announcer, game show host, and sometime actor was best known as Johnny Carson’s right-hand man on
The Tonight Show
from 1962 to 1992, but he began using his stentorian voice to make a living as a 15-year-old bingo caller and carnival barker. Before he could make his way to Hollywood, though, WWII and the Korean conflict intervened, turning the Los Angeles native into a fighter and test pilot for the U.S. Marines. After retiring from active duty, he returned home to L.A., where he got his big break in 1956, pairing with Carson on the game show
Who Do You Trust?
When Carson decamped for his
Tonight Show
berth, McMahon went along, remaining Carson’s sidekick for the next 30 years, announcing the comic in his signature
“Heeeeeeere’s Johnny!”
and punctuating Carson’s jokes with catchphrases in the making, a booming “Yes!” or “You are correct, sir!”In February 2009, it was revealed that McMahon had been hospitalized for a month, suffering from bone cancer. He leaves a legacy as a prolific performer. R.I.P
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