{"id":7771,"date":"2024-08-21T18:14:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=7771"},"modified":"2024-08-21T18:14:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:14:20","slug":"marlo-thomas-husband-phil-donahue-dies-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=7771","title":{"rendered":"Marlo Thomas\u2019 Husband Phil Donahue Dies: Details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phil Donahue, the pioneering TV talk show host, passed away on August 18 at the age of 88. His family, including his wife of 44 years, Marlo Thomas, confirmed his death, stating he passed away after a long illness, surrounded by loved ones and his golden retriever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagelove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/755ff6b0a62e9caba9e804c7008be373e7903518e1320d77f01cbc1b5725ffc3-300x150.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4278\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donahue began his career in radio in 1959 and later revolutionized daytime talk shows with \u201cThe Phil Donahue Show,\u201d which became one of the most influential programs of its time. \u201cYou know, we overuse sometimes the word trailblazer, but he certainly was, indeed,\u201d said Sheinelle Jones of \u201cToday.\u201d<br>In May 2024, Donahue received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden, an award given to individuals who have made \u201cexemplary contributions\u201d to society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagelove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/a43217652de5416794267d06c7d31d2f5891d6727bbff525d46dad69e7ec7fbe-216x300.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4279\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To honor his legacy, the family requests donations to the Phil Donahue\/Notre Dame Scholarship Fund or St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital in lieu of flowers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"684f6003e199ca137b09540a661b4c2d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M940464ScriptRootC1583286\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/k\/o\/kohajone.press.1583286.js\" async>\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Donahue, the pioneering TV talk show host, passed away on August 18 at the age of 88. His family, including his wife of 44 years, Marlo&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7773,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7771\/revisions\/7773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}