Legendary talk show host and three-time Daytime Emmy winnerRegis Philbinhas died at the age of 88.
Philbin’s familysaid in a statement to PEOPLEthat the TV icon died on Friday.
I had my years of struggling.
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I kept going for it.
And what a great chance it was, to make it in my own hometown.
I knew by that point in my life that I had to be live on television.
I couldn’t have anybody writing for me; that didn’t make sense.
I couldn’t deliver a joke if you asked me to.
It would have to be live and spontaneous.
After more than 10 years with Ripa, Philbin officially departedLive With Regis and Kellyin 2011.
Philbin is survived by his wife, Joy, and their daughters, J.J. and Joanna.
He is also survived by daughter Amy Philbin, from his first marriage to Catherine Faylen.
Philbin and Faylen had another child, son Daniel, whodied in 2014.
