Ed McMahon in intensive care....

[monmouth]

Ed McMahon hospitalized in Los Angeles
Published: 2/27/09, 3:46 PM EDT
By LYNN ELBER

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ed McMahon, former sidekick to Johnny Carson on "Tonight" and a familiar TV commercial pitchman, was hospitalized in intensive care, a spokesman said Friday.

McMahon, 85, was suffering from pneumonia and other ailments and had been in the hospital for several weeks, spokesman Howard Bragman said. He declined to identify the Los Angeles facility or the other illnesses.

"It's serious," Bragman said when asked about McMahon's condition, noting his age. But, Bragman added: "We're hopeful."

McMahon's wife and family are with him and appreciate the public expressions of concern, the spokesman said.

McMahon had broken his neck in a fall in 2007. He faced foreclosure on his home last year because he said the injury left him unable to work, but a deal was announced last December that would allow him to stay in the house.

[Donnachaidh]

1. He's also done some ads for that tacky "I Buy Gold" idiot,

It was depressing seeing Johnny Carson's sidekick reduced to that level.

[DrDan]

2. he looked very frail last year when facing that home problem

[jody]

3. Interested people might enjoy "Ed McMahon Marine Corps Aviator", link below.

Ed McMahon Marine Corps Aviator

After retiring from the Marine Reserves as a colonel, he was commissioned as a Brigadier General in the California Air National Guard.

[roguevalley]

4. ah, so sad. get well, ed. we love ya.

[mackerel]

5. I never understood why he had so many financial problems.

Surely he must have done well for himself during Carson's reign.

[roguevalley]

6. he did but a gossip column says his wife spends it before he gets it. :(

[Bombero1956]

7. Ed McMahon dead at 86

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31503396/ns/us_news/