Legal Commentary

R.I.P. Ed McMahon

By Jeralyn

Ed McMahon, best known for being Johnny Carson's sidekick on The Tonight Show, has died at 86. He suffered from bone cancer and had been ill many months.

With his broad, genial, regular-guy features, Mr. McMahon had the face of someone you would buy a used car from. Indeed, for decades he was one of television’s most ubiquitous pitchmen, selling everything from boats to beer.

But it was in the role of the faithful Tonto to Carson’s wry Lone Ranger that Mr. McMahon made his sideman’s mark.

On his Tonight Show gig:

“I laugh for an hour and then go home,” Mr. McMahon once said. “I’ve got the world’s greatest job.”

R.I.P. Mr. McMahon.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).