Mike Douglas Dead at 81
One of the forefathers of evening talk shows, Mike Douglas, has died on his 81st birthday. The popular singer through the 1950s is best known for The Mike Douglas Show, an evening variety and talk show that ran from 1961 to 1982, making him a household name worldwide. He had been born in Chicago and began singing in supper clubs as a teenager, later partaking in World War II, and returning home to his singing career after. He topped the charts with two hit singles in the 1950s before being handed the reigns of his talk show. He had been diagnosed