R.I.P. Ed McMahon

Real sad...

Talkleft:

Ed McMahon, best known for being Johnny Carson's sidekick on The Tonight Show, has died at 86. He suffered from bone cancer and had been ill many months.

With his broad, genial, regular-guy features, Mr. McMahon had the face of someone you would buy a used car from. Indeed, for decades he was one of television’s most ubiquitous pitchmen, selling everything from boats to beer.

But it was in the role of the faithful Tonto to Carson’s wry Lone Ranger that Mr. McMahon made his sideman’s mark.