Read the tributes to Donahue from other talk show hosts, below.
“He was a pioneer.
Im glad I got to thank him for it.
Phil Donahue.Michel Delsol/Getty
Rest in peace Phil.”
“Donahue won 20 Emmy Awards and paved the way for so many other daytime talk show hosts.
He will be missed.”
In thephoto, he wrote, “Yesterday, we lost a true pioneer.
Phil Donahue, the godfather of talk shows, forever changed the landscape of television.
My thoughts and prayers are with Marlo and his family.”
My heart goes out to his family.
Rest in peace, Phil.
Your legacy will live on."
“Phil Donahue was a daytime TV legend,” she wrote in the caption.
“Im sending love to his wife Marlo Thomas, and their family.”
She wrote in the caption, “Good friends are hard to come by and even harder to lose.
To a life well lived.
We love you Marlo and will miss Phil eternally.”
“What an historic figure.
I am profoundly sorry for the loss his death represents to Marlo and his family and to society.
He was the most important talk show host ever.
He recognized that the daytime tv audience was under served.
He remembered the home makers, and gave them an avenue to the rest of the world.
A giant has passed.
“This is a very sad day,” she wrote.
If there wasn’t a Phil, there would have never been aSally.
My thoughts & prayers go out to Marlo and their family.”
