Ed McMahon, who was Johnny Carson's longtime announcer and sidekick on The Tonight Show (1962-92) and who was also the host of the original version of Star Search, passed away on Monday in Los Angeles at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center at age 86.
Now, up there, Ed will once again announce, "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!"
I also must add that Mr. McMahon's association with Mr. Carson actually dated back to 1958 when Ed became the new announcer on an ABC game show that Johnny was hosting entitled Who Do You Trust.
Johnny passed away in 2005.
Ed McMahon was also co-host with Dick Clark on a weekly primetime show TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes. He was also the announcer and sidekick to Jerry Lewis on numerous Muscular Dystrophy telethons.
Ed also did numerous commercials. He was a spokesman for the American Family Sweepstakes as well as Budweiser, brewed by Anhauser-Busch.
In recent years, Ed had been having all sorts of financial problems. He also had suffered from a broken neck that had left him unable to work.
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