Phil Donahue Dies: Oprah Pays Tribute to Talk Show ‘Pioneer’

Oprah Winfrey is crediting Phil Donahue for blazing the trail that led to her own iconic talk show in the wake of the daytime legend’s death over the weekend. “There wouldn’t have been an Oprah [Winfrey] Show without Phil Donahue,” Winfrey wrote on Instagram Monday, adding that Donahue was “the first to prove that daytime […]