Radio Talk Show Host Mike Douglas is Dead

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Radio Talk Show Host Mike Douglas is Dead

#1 Postby JTD » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:09 pm

CNN just reported it.
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#2 Postby O Town » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:10 pm

What?!!!! We need someone to fetch a link. Looking now.
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#3 Postby JTD » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:12 pm

Larry King is doing an interview on CNN on him now.

But...they're calling him Mike Douglas, a TV talk show host. Maybe it's not the actor?

Edit: It's not THAT Michael Douglas. This Mike Douglas died at 81. The actor Michael Douglas was born in 1944.

Sorry for jumping the gun.
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#4 Postby artist » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:16 pm

I remember him. Boy! It has been a long time I thought about his old talk show.
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#5 Postby O Town » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:16 pm

Yes this is who I bet they are talking about. A 70's talk show host.
http://www.nndb.com/people/014/000022945/

There is nothing anywhere saying the actor Micheal Douglas has died. Thank goodness. Honest mistake I guess.
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#6 Postby Lindaloo » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:18 pm

Oh I remember him. Sad! Rest in peace.
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#7 Postby Brent » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:20 pm

Never heard of him.

He died on his birthday!

Mike Douglas (born Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr., (August 11, 1925 – August 11, 2006) in Chicago, Illinois, was an American entertainer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Douglas
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#8 Postby x-y-no » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:26 pm

I had no idea he was still alive ...

talk about a blast from the past.

May he rest in peace.
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#9 Postby Regit » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:46 pm

Everytime I hear of him now I'm reminded of the funny line involving him in the movie The Nutty Professor with Eddie Murphy. For those of you who don't know the line, I can't repeat it here. :lol:

I never really watched or listened to him, but I've heard people who are big fans.
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#10 Postby Skywatch_NC » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:11 pm

R.I.P. Mr. Douglas

I remember during my grade school years watching his variety show...guests like Dinah Shore, Sammy Davis Jr., etc.
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#11 Postby LarryWx » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:49 pm

May he rest in peace. I remember him quite well from my childhood. I even went to a taping of one of his shows (~1975) when he was visiting Savannah, GA, due to the movie Gator being made there.
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#12 Postby LarryWx » Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:54 pm

I found an interesting video clip from when Tiger Woods was only two. It is from the Mike Douglas Show, when Bob Hope was cohosting.
It shows Tiger driving the ball in the studio with his father Earl watching.
To find it, first go to the following:

http://www.themikedouglasshow.com/

Next, click on "Media", and then look for the link to the clip toward the bottom of the page.
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#13 Postby yank » Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:29 pm

Oh, my! I was a tiny tot when he was on the air. I remember my mom loved him.
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#14 Postby tropicana » Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:28 pm

I never heard of him til today. :(

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#15 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:45 pm

R.I.P. Mike Douglas! :cry:

I might've heard of him when I was in Elementary School.
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#16 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:23 pm

I recall his old talk show; but have heard little of him since then... many moons ago.

Rest In Peace, Mike!

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#17 Postby Kim_in_MN » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:34 pm

Skywatch_NC wrote:R.I.P. Mr. Douglas

I remember during my grade school years watching his variety show...guests like Dinah Shore, Sammy Davis Jr., etc.


I was just thinking that - I used to watch his show when I got home from school (obviously before cable/DirecTV - otherwise I was at the age to watch cartoons!).

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