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Joe Franklin (March 9, 1926 – January 24, 2015), born Joseph Fortgang, was an American radio and television host personality, author and actor from New York City. Franklin is noted for having the first talk show and inventing the format.
Jan 25, 2015 · Joe Franklin, who became a New York institution by presiding over one of the most compellingly low-rent television programs in history, one that even he acknowledged was an oddly long-running...
Jan 25, 2015 · Longtime New York City radio and television personality Joe Franklin has died. He was 88. “Joe went unexpectedly and passed away Saturday night,” friend and former producer Steve Garrin said.
Jan 26, 2015 · Joe Franklin was a pioneer of TV talk shows, interviewing more than 300,000 guests, including Al Pacino, Bill Cosby and Marilyn Monroe. He never missed a broadcast in decades and worked until he died of cancer in 2015.
Jan 28, 2015 · Joe Franklin’s office in Times Square, which he refused to organize, with memorabilia from guests he interviewed during his seven decades in show business. Damon Winter/The New York Times. By...
Jan 25, 2015 · Joe Franklin, who hosted a bargain-basement TV talk show in New York for four decades, died Saturday night of prostate cancer in a hospice in Manhattan, his friend and producer Steve Garrin told...
Jan 26, 2015 · Joe Franklin, an institution of New York City broadcasting and self-crowned "king of nostalgia" who bantered on radio and television with celebrity A-listers and D-listers alike, has died.
