Farewell Ed McMahon – My Ed Story
By Troy on Jun 23, 2009 in Blog, Featured
It is very sad for me to report that former Tonight Show and Star Search star Ed McMahon has passed away. He most recently came back into the limelight due to his financial crisis, his home in danger of being foreclosed on. He went on several of the Entertainment Tonight type shows pleading his case for housing reform to help others going through the same thing.
My Ed McMachon story takes place in 1997 or 1998, I was working for Universal New Media in Burbank at the time, and we were doing “Real Interviews” – typing up interview questions as Ed McMahon answered them, and also broadcasting in Real Audio.
At the conclusion of the interview, Ed proclaimed, “I give Troy Rutter 4 stars with a bullet!” Which was a great honor for me, since I always wanted to be on Star Search. From that one hour long interview, I was able to glean that McMahon was a person of highest integrity, and just a nice person.
Thanks Ed, for the great memory!
Here is the official chat transcript, sadly the audio no longer works;
I was sad to hear of his death even though I never had a close encounter like yours. We always wonder what celebrities are “really” like. Glad to know he was one of the good guys. Thanks for sharing.