in World News Phil Donahue, Legendary Talk Show Host, Dies at 88 Phil Donahue, the pioneering media maven whose award-winning career began in the late 1950s and eventually earned him the moniker “king of daytime” talk TV, died following a long illness. He was 88. Tags: “Conservative news”, “Right wing news”, brian lovig, conservative politics, Dies at 88, Donald trump, gun laws, gun rights, Legendary Talk Show Host, Phil Donahue, right wing politics, Rightwing news, rightwing politics, trump