Late night host Conan O’Brien shared some heartfelt words about the legacy of late TV icon Ed McMahon during his opening monologue on The Tonight Show Tuesday.
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Britney Spears is opening up about the passing of one of the nation’s most beloved television icons. Ed McMahon passed away in Los Angeles after a lengthy illness. He was 86.

The former product pitchman and Tonight Show announcer is best remembered to children of the ’80s and ’90s as the very well-dressed host of the TV talent competition Star Search – a gig that gave the star the opportunity to meet some of today’s biggest pop crooners before they were famous.

Britney Spears was one of them and the singer credits McMahon with giving her her “first shot” as an artist. A 10-year-old Britney appeared on the McMahon-hosted program in 1992, turning in a performance of “Love Can Build A Bridge.”

“I am deeply saddened by today’s news about Ed McMahon,” Britney tweeted Tuesday. “He is responsible for giving so many artists their first shot including myself. He was a wonderful man and will be greatly missed.”

Sad news to report this Tuesday: Late-night TV legend Ed McMahon has passed away. According to a publicist for the star, McMahon lost his battle with cancer just after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Ed McMahon was best known for his work as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on the The Tonight Show and as the host of the classic TV talent show Star Search. The jovial funnyman was also a popular product pitchman, most notably as spokesman for the Publishers’ Clearinghouse $1 Million Sweepstakes in the 1980s.

He was 86.

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Ed McMahon’s house will go on the auction block later this month, RadarOnline has learned.

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How is TV icon Ed McMahon doing since his recent diagnosis with pneumonia and bone cancer? Read the rest of this entry »

Sad times….Ed McMahon has been hospitalized in a Los Angeles area medical center for nearly a month. The 85-year-old television icon is being treated for pneumonia and systemic bone cancer, according to reports from TMZ.com and Entertainment Tonight.

The former Tonight Show sidekick, who has been in the news for an assortment of very public financial struggles in the past year, is listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit.

Poor Ed! Sending a thousand Get Well wishes to one of our nation’s most beloved elders. He’s had enough bad luck recently for ten men….

Cash-strapped former entertainment stars Ed McMahon & MC Hammer starred in Super Bowl ad promoting Cash4Gold.com.

Has-beens making a daytime out of their fall from grace has become its own lucrative career.

Here’s a video of the new ad.

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing “Ed McGangsta.” Somebody is going to Hell for this.

Freecreditreport.com has released the first set in a series of new commercial promos starring cash-strapped television icon Ed McMahon. Experian Credit Bureau, who is sponsoring the ad campaign, hopes Ed’s “performance” will serve as a lesson to us all about what can happen when we shop ourselves out of house and home. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re filing this under “Oh My God, Are You Serious?”

Proving that desperate times call for desperate measures, cash-strapped Ed McMahon has become a rapper. The 85-year-old former host of Star Search will star in two viral rap videos for FreeCreditReport.com, a financial Web site owned by credit bureau Experian.

Poor Ed. The things an out-of-work pitchman has to do for a buck these days. Isn’t this some form of elder abuse? Read the rest of this entry »

Saved By The Donald! Donald Trump is buying Ed McMahon’s house to save it from foreclosure. According to the Los Angeles Times, the New York real estate magnate has agreed to buy the legendary pitchman’s Beverly Hills mansion while leasing it back to him for an undisclosed amount. This way Ed and his family can avoid foreclosure and continue to live in there home. Read the rest of this entry »