- Ed Sullivan was an American television personality, sports and entertainment reporter, and longtime syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News
- He is principally remembered as the creator and host of the television variety program The Toast of the Town, later popularly—and, eventually, officially—renamed The Ed Sullivan Show
| Born: | 28 September 1901 Comment | | When did Ed Sullivan die? / Died | 13 October 1974 | | How many years did Ed Sullivan live? / Lived | 73 years | | Zodiac sign: | Libra |
Ed Sullivan Net worth 2024 (estimated)
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Who was Ed Sullivan? / Facts
- Broadcast for 23 years from 1948 to 1971, it set a record as the longest-running variety show in US broadcast history
- "It was, by almost any measure, the last great TV show," proclaimed television critic David Hinckley
- "It's one of our fondest, dearest pop culture memories
- Sullivan was a broadcasting pioneer at many levels during television's infancy
- As TV critic David Bianculli wrote, "Before MTV, Sullivan presented rock acts
- Before Bravo, he presented jazz and classical music and theater
- Before the Comedy Channel, even before there was the Tonight Show, Sullivan discovered, anointed and popularized young comedians
- Before there were 500 channels, before there was cable, Ed Sullivan was where the choice was
- From the start, he was indeed 'the Toast of the Town'
- In 1996, Sullivan was ranked number 50 on TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time"
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