Renowned “King of Daytime Talk” Phil Donahue, who created and hosted the The Phil Donahue Show, died on Sunday, Aug. 18 at the age of 88, PEOPLE can confirm. In a statement first reported by ...

Phil Hartman as Phil Donahue in SNL Sketches (Image via Youtube/Saturday Night Live) Hartman's Donahue impression exaggerated the talk show host's dramatic questioning style and over-the-top delivery.

Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died.

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Donahue’s very first guest was Madalyn Murray O’Hair, at the time America’s most famous, and widely unpopular, atheist. Boris Yurchenko/Associated Press Donahue led a discussion on the life ...