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A TV producer recalls the generosity of talk show legend and Ohio native Phil Donahue
Although the show was flying high in the ratings at the time, the daytime landscape was getting crowded with tabloid shows such as “Geraldo,” “Sally Jesse Raphael” and “A Current Affair.” “I ‘think ‘Donahue’ could bigfoot any of those shows if they wanted …