Ed McMahon passes away at 86:
Ed McMahon, the longtime pitchman and Johnny Carson sidekick who’s “Heeeeeeerre’s Johnny!” became a part of the vernacular, has died.
McMahon’s publicist, Howard Bragman, said Tuesday McMahon passed away peacefully at the Ronald Reagan/UCLA Medical Center shortly after midnight.
McMahon had suffered a number of health problems in recent years, including a neck injury caused by a 2007 fall. In 2002, McMahon sued various insurance companies and contractors over mold in his house; he later collected a $7 million settlement.
McMahon was a WWII and Korea Marine veteran, and one of the last great pitchmen from the golden age of the craft.
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