I just saw this on another car forum right after I heard it on the news. RIP ED McMahon - dead at 86. The guy was a legend and was in poor health the past couple of years. He will be missed. At least he made it until Father's day. He was a legend. http://www.popeater.com/television/article/ed-mcmahon-dies/538943?icid=main|main|dl1|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p opeater.com%2Ftelevision%2Farticle%2Fed-mcmahon-dies%2F538943

HE WILL BE MISSED!! we all grew up with him in one way or another!! rip ed

Oh Man ... too bad. I always like big Ed. I had heard he had been having some health issues recently, but I did think they were life threating. :sad:

What was the other forum you saw it on? I just saw it on the 67-72 Chevy truck forum.

Thankssssssssssssssssssss ED there goes another icon. :(

A great Marine. Rest peacefully Marine. Thats an order!

RIP Mr. McMahon.

I got tickets to the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson back in the 70's and Jack Lemmon was the guest on the night I went. It was good times back in thoes days, RIP Ed...

I liked his "Hereeeeeeeeees Yannie"!:thumbsup:

he was about half of what made Johnny Carson so funny- the way Johnny played off him was just great.
that, and he brought giant cardboard checks worth millions of dollars to people's doors..

He was funny but he was also a stud..... from Wikipedia

Military service

During World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II), McMahon was a fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps) serving as a flight instructor and test pilot. He was a decorated pilot and was discharged in 1946, remaining in the reserves.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon#cite_note-4)
After college, McMahon returned to active duty. He was sent to Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War) in February 1953. He flew unarmed O-1E Bird Dogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_L-19_Bird_Dog) on 85 tactical air control and artillery spotting missions. He remained in the Marine Corps Reserve, retiring with the rank of Colonel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel) in 1966 and was then commissioned as a Brigadier General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)) in the California Air National Guard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Air_National_Guard).
Several of his ancestors, including the Marquis d'Equilly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duc_de_Magenta), also had long and distinguished military careers. Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_MacMahon,_duc_de_Magenta) was a Marshal of armies in France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France), serving under Napoleon III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III), and later President. McMahon once asserted to Johnny Carson that mayonnaise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayonnaise) was originally named MacMahonnaise in honor of this ancestor, referring to him as the Comte de MacMahon.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon#cite_note-5) In his autobiography, McMahon said that it was his father who told him of this relationship and he went on to suggest that he was not certain of the truth of the story.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon#cite_note-6)