# Ed McMahon Dead

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-mcmahon-dead/500707>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 23, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-mcmahon-dead/500707 "2009-06-23T12:32:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-mcmahon-dead/500707/21 "2009-06-23T19:58:13Z")

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Damn! Now I’ll never win that Family Sweepstakes.

RIP, Ed. ☹

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-mcmahon-dead/500707/22 "2009-06-23T20:05:39Z")

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> [@Encinitas](#):
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> Sigh…the mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnalls’ porch goes unopened.

You mean the \*mcmahonnaise \*jar, I think.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-mcmahon-dead/500707/23 "2009-06-23T20:41:47Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> You mean the \*mcmahonnaise \*jar, I think.

No, that’s where his remains will be kept.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-mcmahon-dead/500707/24 "2009-06-26T00:26:19Z")

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> [@HelloNinja](#):
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> I was surprised to learn that he was a colonel in the Marines and served as a fighter pilot in the 40’s and 50’s. Wow.

The reports I saw said that he was a Marine instructor and test pilot in WWII. In Korea he flew unarmed scout airplanes (O-1 Bird dog) on multiple combat missions. He stayed in the Marine Reserves and reached the rank of colonel. He left the Marine Reserves and joined the California Air National Guard and made the rank of Brigadier General.

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