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Phil Donahue

1935 - 2024

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Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first popular talk show to feature a format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television that began in Dayton, Ohio, in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996. Donahue's shows often focused on issues that divide liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights, and war issues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Phil Donahue is the 5,952nd most popular writer (up from 6,573rd in 2024), the 10,095th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,751st in 2019) and the 735th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Phil Donahue ranks 5,952 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoine Blondin, Douglas Coupland, Liam O'Flaherty, Naomi Wolf, Judy Blume, and Eugenie Schwarzwald. After him are Iris Chang, Anna J. Cooper, Maria Janion, Parveen Shakir, Albert Sánchez Piñol, and Kåre Holt.

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Among people born in 1935, Phil Donahue ranks 467. Before him are Michael Wheeler, Mal Anderson, Charles Sheffield, Judy Parfitt, Leonid Potapov, and Óscar Chávez. After him are Mitsuo Ikeda, Imre Farkas, Ferenc Török, Carol Shields, Ronald Pettersson, and Massimo Natili. Among people deceased in 2024, Phil Donahue ranks 435. Before him are Anatoli Polivoda, Kathryn Crosby, S. M. Krishna, David Seidler, Robert Dill-Bundi, and Richard M. Sherman. After him are Janusz Majewski, Mustapha Moussa, David Bordwell, Kenjiro Shinozuka, Achim Müller, and Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phil Donahue ranks 10,097 out of 20,380. Before him are Justin Hartley (1977), Clyfford Still (1904), Dan Hartman (1950), Frank Ferrer (1966), Skrillex (1988), and Monte Blue (1887). After him are Bianca Belair (1989), Johnny Van Zant (1960), Iris Chang (1968), Ann Harding (1902), Brewster H. Shaw (1945), and Edward Everett Horton (1886).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Phil Donahue ranks 735. Before him are Archibald MacLeish (1892), Marc Connelly (1890), Theodore Roethke (1908), Bill Bright (1921), Naomi Wolf (1962), and Judy Blume (1938). After him are Iris Chang (1968), Anna J. Cooper (1858), W. S. Merwin (1927), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), David Benioff (1970), and John Perry Barlow (1947).

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