TV personalities are paying their respects to pioneering talk show host, Phil Donahue.
The late daytime television icon, who hosted more than 6,000 iterations of The Phil Donahue Show from 1967 until 1996, died on Sunday night at his New York City home after suffering from a long illness. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Marlo Thomas, as well as four children from his previous marriage to Margaret Cooney. His youngest son, James, died in 2014.
Following the…