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ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN)  -- The governments of Armenia and Turkey will sign a peace agreement in Zurich on Saturday that would normalize relations after nearly a century of animosity between the neighboring nations, the Swiss government said Friday.

The Swiss-mediated peace deal would also open the border between the countries, which has been shut since 1993.

The signing ceremony comes more than a month after Armenia and Turkey announced they had agreed to start six weeks of "internal political consultations" on two protocols aimed at establishing diplomatic and bilateral relations.

The Swiss-mediated peace deal would also open the border between the countries, which has been shut since 1993. The border was closed after Turkey objected to Armenia's war with Turkish ally Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabagh. Neither country has an embassy in the other's capital.

Turkish-Armenian relations have often been overshadowed by the dispute over the massacre of ethnic Armenians in the final days of the Ottoman Empire, more than 90 years ago. Armenians accuse Ottoman Turks of committing genocide, killing more then a million Armenians starting in 1915. Modern-day Turkey vehemently rejects the allegations.

The proposed protocols for normalizing relations call for creating a committee of international experts to research archives and "restore mutual confidence between the two nations." There is no mention of the disputed territory of Karabagh, which Armenian troops have controlled since the 1993 Armenian-Azerbaijan war.

But the success of the protocols is still uncertain, as the parliaments of both countries still must ratify the agreement.

A senior U.S. State Department official -- authorized to brief reporters without attribution because of diplomatic sensitivities -- said the situation remains "difficult."

"There's opposition both in Turkey and in Armenia," the senior official said Thursday, "but both governments realize ultimately it's in their interest to have normalized relations and an open border after years of tension and the economic isolation, particularly of Armenia."

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend the signing, along with dignitaries from several other countries, including the European Union, according to the Swiss government.

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(CNN)  -- Cycling legend Lance Armstrong -- a survivor of testicular cancer -- and girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting a baby, CNN learned on Tuesday through his charitable organization.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong has announced he will come out of retirement and race once again in the Tour de France.

The baby is due in June.

Armstrong was diagnosed in 1996 with testicular cancer that had spread to his brain, lungs and abdomen.

He underwent treatment for the disease and was able to return to cycling, eventually winning seven consecutive Tour de France's.

The harsh chemotherapy left him unable to have children, although he and then-wife Kristin Richards had three children using sperm the cyclist had donated before the treatment. Armstrong and Hansen, however, are expecting without the use of any artificial fertilization process.

"This is a hopeful thing for testicular cancer survivors," CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said. "It means his body healed from the chemotherapy and surgery."

Armstrong retired from cycling after his seventh Tour de France win in 2005, and focused his energy on the Lance Armstrong Foundation (livestrong.org), which supports people affected by cancer. Armstrong founded the organization in 1997.

The 37-year-old Texan announced in September that he was launching a comeback with the goal of winning the Tour de France in 2009.

"After talking with my children, my family and my closest friends, I have decided to return to professional cycling in order to raise awareness of the global cancer burden," he wrote on LiveStrong's Web site.

He is training for several races leading up to the Tour de France, including Australia's Tour Down Under and the Giro d'Italia.

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NEW YORK (CNN)  -- A potential victim became a compassionate counselor during a recent robbery attempt, changing the would-be criminal's mind -- and apparently his religion.

Surveillance video shows storekeeper Mohammad Sohail holding a robber at bay with a shotgun.

Storekeeper Mohammad Sohail was closing up his Long Island convenience store just after midnight on May 21 when -- as shown on the store's surveillance video -- a man came in wielding a baseball bat and demanding money.

"He said, 'Hurry up and give me the money, give me the money!' and I said, 'Hold on'," Sohail recalled in a phone interview with CNN on Tuesday, after the store video and his story was carried on local TV.

Sohail said he reached under the counter, grabbed his gun and told the robber to drop the bat and get down on his knees.

"He's crying like a baby," Sohail said. "He says, 'Don't call police, don't shoot me, I have no money, I have no food in my house.' "

Amidst the man's apologies and pleas, Sohail said he felt a surge of compassion.

He made the man promise never to rob anyone again and when he agreed, Sohail gave him $40 and a loaf of bread.

"When he gets $40, he's very impressed, he says, 'I want to be a Muslim just like you,' " Sohail said, adding he had the would-be criminal recite an Islamic oath.

"I said 'Congratulations. You are now a Muslim and your name is Nawaz Sharif Zardari.'"

When asked why he chose the hybrid of two Pakistani presidents' names, the Pakistani immigrant laughed and said he had been watching a South Asian news channel moments before the confrontation.

Sohail said the man fled the store when he turned away to get the man some free milk.

He said police might still be looking for the suspect but he doesn't intend to press charges.

"The guy, you know, everybody has a hard time right now, it's too bad for everybody right now in this economy," said the storekeeper.

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question: How much is being offered?

answer: $40

question: Where was the store?

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question: After what did he want to become a Muslim?

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question: What did the man with the bat do?

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(CNN) -- Dennis Blair, the president's top intelligence adviser, announced his resignation after 16 months of power struggles, politics and personality clashes.

Blair was the third person to serve as director of national intelligence since the position was created five years ago. His resignation is effective May 28.

Although President Obama praised Blair for his "remarkable record of service," there has been tension between the two. Blair found himself at odds with the White House over the scope of his role, and there was indirect conflict with others in the intelligence community.

"From the beginning the White House did not have the same view of what the DNI should be," according to a source familiar with the situation.

"[Blair] is a manager and a leader. He is not a politico. He doesn't run around doing political stuff," the source said, acknowledging the Blair's candor got him in trouble.

Blair, a retired four-star Navy admiral, has served in the post since January 2009. His office oversees 17 federal intelligence agencies, including the CIA, FBI and Department of Homeland Security.

Word of his resignation came two days after the Senate Intelligence Committee released a report that sharply criticized the National Counterterrorism Center, overseen by Blair's office, for failing to coordinate properly intelligence activities to detect the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing.

The report highlighted 14 points of failure and said that the center was not organized to fulfill its mission.

Blair, who also caught some of the blame for the more recent failed Times Square bombing attempt, responded to the report by noting changes made in response to the Christmas incident, including creation of a National Counterterrorism Center analytical unit dedicated to following up on terrorist threat information. However, Blair's statement noted that "institutional and technological barriers remain that prevent seamless sharing of information."

Although Blair's resignation was not a complete surprise for those in the intelligence community, he was not expected to step down for another month, senior intelligence officials said.

He decided to leave sooner than expected when Obama asked CIA Director Leon Panetta and national security adviser James Jones to go to Pakistan and Blair was not asked to participate, the sources said.

"When the president looked to Leon Panetta and Jim Jones to go to Pakistan on this very serious threat, it was a slap at him. It was an indication of a lack of confidence in Adm. Blair," said Fran Townsend, CNN national security contributor who was President George W. Bush's chief anti-terrorism and homeland security adviser.

One Senate source said Blair has been unhappy and frustrated. "He was losing every turf battle to Panetta," the source said.

Blair and Obama also didn't have a good connection, Townsend said.

"You've got a very bright, engaged president and with a lot of charisma, and there wasn't a real chemistry between them," she said.

The DNI was intended to be the CEO of the intelligence community, looking at the 17 agencies' budgets, capabilities, training and cross-department communication.

When the position was created, the DNI was given a lot of responsibility but not enough authority, Townsend said.

"It's clear in this case between Adm. Blair and President Obama there was a mismatch and misunderstanding of expectations and responsibilities. And it will be very important that whoever the new DNI is, understands and accepts what the president's view of that position is," she said.

Even before Blair officially turned in his resignation, the White House already had spoken to potential replacements, the senior intelligence officials said.

John Hamre, a defense official in the Clinton administration; retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Clapper, defense undersecretary for intelligence; and former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, are considered top contenders.

CNN's Kristi Keck, Gloria Borger and Jeanne Meserve contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After Friday night's presidential debate, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger defended Sen. John McCain's attack against Sen. Barack Obama for Obama's willingness to meet with the Iranian president "without precondition."

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger says he is not in favor of negotiations with Iran at the presidential level.

Immediately after the debate, the McCain campaign released a statement from Kissinger backing the Republican nominee's sentiments on structuring any talks with Iran.

"Sen. McCain is right. I would not recommend the next president of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the presidential level," Kissinger said in the statement.

"My views on this issue are entirely compatible with the views of my friend Sen. John McCain. We do not agree on everything, but we do agree that any negotiations with Iran must be geared to reality."

McCain and Obama sparred during the debate over how to best handle relations with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly threatened Israel.

Both candidates referenced Kissinger's comments from a CNN forum last week in which former secretaries of state discussed several topics, including Iran, and the presidential candidates disagreed over what Kissinger had said.

The exchange started with McCain criticizing Obama for stating in two previous debates that he would sit down with Ahmadinejad, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban President RaÃºl Castro "without precondition."

McCain, the Republican nominee, said that in the past, U.S. presidents such as Ronald Reagan refused to meet with adversaries until a Cabinet member, such as the secretary of state, had several talks.

"Look, I'll sit down with anybody, but there's got to be preconditions," McCain said.  Watch the candidates debate policy in Iran Â»

Obama responded by claiming that Kissinger, "along with five recent secretaries of state, just said we should meet with Iran, guess what, without preconditions."

McCain denied the claim: "Dr. Kissinger did not say that he would approve a face-to-face meeting" with Ahmadinejad. "He did say there could be secretary and lower-level meetings."

Obama defended his stance, explaining, "Look, Sen. McCain keeps on using this example that suddenly the president would just meet with somebody without doing any preparation, without having low-level talks. Nobody's been talking about that. Sen. McCain knows it. That's a mischaracterization of my position."

He also said, "I reserve the right as president of the United States to meet with anyone at the time and place of my choosing if I think it's going to keep the American people safe."

He added that those talks would come after "preparations, starting with low-level diplomatic talks."

The forum last week -- "The Next President: A World of Challenges" -- was co-sponsored by CNN and hosted former secretaries of state Warren Christopher, Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, James Baker and Colin Powell.

During the forum, Albright, who served in the Clinton administration, said, "I believe we need to engage with Iran." Kissinger, who served in the Nixon and Ford administrations, echoed the sentiment. He said he is "in favor of negotiation with Iran" at the secretary of state level.

"I always believed that the best way to begin a negotiation is to tell the other side exactly what you have in mind ... what the outcome is that you're trying to achieve so that they have something that they can react to," Kissinger said.

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(CNN)  -- Paolo Maldini and Luis Figo brought down the curtain on their remarkable careers as their Milan clubs both scored victories on the final day of the Serie A season.

Maldini was given a special presentation as he made his 902nd and final appearance for Milan.

The 40-year-old Maldini was playing his 902nd game for Milan who won 2-0 at Fiorentina while Portuguese international Figo helped champions Inter to a 4-3 home win over Atalanta.

Milan's victory helped them secure the third Champions League place in Italy and automatic qualification to the group stages.

Juventus, who beat Lazio 2-0 with Vincenzo Iaquinta scoring twice, finished level on points with Milan, while Fiorentina will go into the Champions League final qualifying round after finishing fourth.

Inter had clinched the title two weeks ago, with a Zlatan Ibrahimovic double making sure that they would round off their season in style, the Swede finishing Serie A's top scorer with 25 goals.

Figo has been with Inter since 2005 and has helped the club to four straight league titles to become a firm favorite with the fans who gave him a rousing farewell.

Former Italian international defender Maldini was completing an incredible 24 seasons at Milan.

Inter finished top with 84 points with Milan and Juventus on 74, with Fiorentina fourth with 68.

In the relegation dogfight, Torino joined Reggina and Lecce in making the drop from Serie A as they lost 3-2 at AS Roma.

Bologna beat Catania 3-1 to finish in the 17th place with 37 points, while Torino ended on 34.

Bari, Parma and the winner of the promotion playoff will be the newcomers in Serie A next season.

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(CNN)  -- We're just going to put it out there: Behind closed doors, whites talk differently about blacks.

At least that's what two sociologists found after conducting a study of college students across the country.

One of the researchers, Joe Feagin, said that's why it comes as no surprise to him that a powerful politician such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would talk about Barack Obama's skin color and use the term "Negro dialect" in what he considered a private conversation.

Speaking not of Reid but of his conclusions drawn from his research, Feagin said, "Most whites have sharply reduced the blatantly racist stuff they do in public, while they still do huge amounts in private."

"It's just social correctness in the front stage. The scale of this is gigantic on the backstage, which is why the notion of a post-racial America is laughable," said Feagin, a professor at Texas A&M University.

"And I think most whites know it because they've been to Thanksgiving dinner with Uncle Jim and have heard the n-word jokes."

Feagin and Leslie Picca of the University of Dayton compiled their research in a book called "Two-Faced Racism" published in 2007. They surveyed 626 white students at 28 colleges and universities across the country. They asked the students to keep diaries and record any racial events they came across during the course of a day.

The students recorded 9,000 accounts, of which 7,500 were "blatantly racist" events ranging from private jokes and conversations to violent incidents, Feagin said. About 100 accounts stood up against racism, he said.

The majority of racial events were directed at African-Americans, but Latinos and Asians also came under attack. Feagin and Picca also surveyed African-American students, but that research is still being compiled.

"In these 7,500 blatant accounts, most of them are accounts of what we call backstage racism -- that is they're doing these performances and skits with friends and relatives," Feagin said.

Does it surprise him that someone with such political clout as Reid would use a term such as "Negro dialect"?

"No," Feagin said, "not after looking at our student diaries."

He said Reid "felt safe making" the comment about Obama because he was in a private setting.

"It's a great teaching moment," Feagin said. "It shows the difference between the front stage and the backstage. He thought he was saying that in the backstage, and now it's been brought out in the public for all to see and discuss."

The controversy is centered on remarks published in the book "Game Change" by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. The book cites Reid as saying privately in 2008 that Obama could succeed as a black candidate partly because of his "light-skinned" appearance and speaking patterns "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."

Reid, D-Nevada, apologized to the president after excerpts from the book were released, and Obama said he considered the issue closed.

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"This is a good man who's always been on the right side of history," Obama said Monday in a sit-down interview with CNN political contributor Roland Martin. "For him to have used some inartful language in trying to praise me, and for people to try to make hay out of that, makes absolutely no sense."

Reid has received the support of the Congressional Black Caucus. On Monday, he said numerous prominent African-American officials, including NAACP Chairman Julian Bond and Attorney General Eric Holder, called to offer their support.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, head of the GOP's Senate campaign arm, has called for Reid to give up his leadership post after the "embarrassing and racially insensitive" remarks. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele also called for Reid to step down.

Duke University political science professor Kerry Haynie said he doesn't dispute that attitudes toward race may be viewed differently in private than in public. But he said he doesn't feel that came into play with Reid's remarks.

"Many of us who work in areas of race and politics asked these same kinds of questions, about whether Obama is different for whites than other black politicians," Haynie said. "I don't think Sen. Reid was expressing sentiments he would not have expressed publicly."

Boyce Watkins, an associate professor at Syracuse University, said the country shouldn't let this moment pass.

"The takeaway is that there is a teachable moment, but we can't allow politicians to do all the teaching," Watkins told CNN's "American Morning." "If you watched President Obama's interview with Roland Martin, the conversation tends to be let's sweep this under the rug and throw the baby out with the bath water and move on.

"But the truth is that they are trying to get health care passed, and that's good, I respect that, but I want to have the conversation on race."

Added Dawn Turner Trice, a columnist and blogger with the Chicago Tribune: "For me, it's that we have to continue to talk about this. We can't only talk about it when we have these national flare-ups. This takes time and nuanced conversations. ...

"The country is changing. In a couple decades, we will have a country with a very different racial makeup. And we will have to have these conversations, and it's to our peril if we don't."

Feagin, the sociologist, said he agrees. He said Democrats and Obama should come forward to talk openly about the national climate on race.

"We can't keep ducking this racism stuff," he said.

CNN's Matt Cherry contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Ed McMahon, the longtime pitchman and Johnny Carson sidekick whose "Heeeeeeerre's Johnny!" became a part of the vernacular, has died.

Ed McMahon had suffered several health problems in recent years.

McMahon passed away peacefully shortly after midnight at the Ronald Reagan/UCLA Medical Center, his publicist, Howard Bragman, said Tuesday

McMahon, 86, was hospitalized in February with pneumonia and other medical problems.

He had suffered a number of health problems in recent years, including a neck injury caused by a 2007 fall. In 2002, he sued various insurance companies and contractors over mold in his house and later collected a $7 million settlement.

Though he later hosted a variety of shows -- including "Star Search" and "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes," McMahon's biggest fame came alongside Carson on "The Tonight Show," which Carson hosted from 1962 to 1992. The two met not long after Carson began hosting the game show "Who Do You Trust?" in 1957. iReport.com: Share your memories of Ed McMahon

"Johnny didn't look as if he was dying to see me," McMahon, who was hosting a show on a Philadelphia TV station, told People magazine in 1980 about the pair's first meeting. "He was standing with his back to the door, staring at a couple of workmen putting letters on a theater marquee. I walked over and stood beside him. Finally the two guys finished, and Johnny asked, 'What have you been doing?' I told him. He said, 'Good to meet you, Ed,' shook my hand, and I was out of the office. The whole meeting was about as exciting as watching a traffic light change."  Watch McMahon discuss meeting Johnny Carson Â»

Though McMahon was surprised to be offered the job as Carson's sidekick, the two soon proved to have a strong chemistry. Carson was, by nature, introverted and dry-witted; McMahon was the boisterous and outgoing second banana, content to give Carson straight lines or laugh uproariously at his jokes (a characteristic much-parodied by comedians).  Watch Comedian Joan Rivers recall McMahon Â»

Carson made cracks about McMahon's weight, his drinking and the men's trouble with divorce. McMahon was married three times; Carson, who died in 2005, had four wives.

McMahon was also the show's designated pitchman, a talent he honed to perfection during "Tonight's" 30-year run with Carson, even if sometimes the in-show commercial spots fell flat.

For one of the show's regular sponsors, Alpo dog food, McMahon usually extolled the virtues of the product while a dog eagerly gobbled down a bowl. But one day the show's regular dog wasn't available, and the substitute pooch wasn't very hungry.

McMahon recalled the incident in his 1998 memoir, "For Laughing Out Loud."

"Then I saw Johnny come into my little commercial area. He got down on his hands and knees and came over to me. ... I started to pet Johnny. Nice boss, I was thinking as I pet him on the head, nice boss. By this point the audience was hysterical. ... I just kept going. I was going to get my commercial done.

" 'The next time you're looking at the canned dog food ...' -- he rubbed his cheek against my leg --  ... reach for the can that contains real beef.' Johnny got up on his knees and started begging for more. I started petting him again ... and then he licked my hand."

McMahon also promoted Budweiser, American Family Insurance and -- during the most recent Super Bowl -- Cash4Gold.com. Entertainment Weekly named him No. 1 on its list of TV's greatest sidekicks.

Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 6, 1923. His father was a promoter, and McMahon remembered moving a lot during his childhood.

"I changed towns more often than a pickpocket," McMahon told People.

He later joined the Marines and served in World War II and Korea.

Though McMahon was well-rewarded by NBC -- the 1980 People article listed his salary between $600,000 and $1 million -- his divorces and some poor investments took their toll. In June 2008, The Wall Street Journal reported that McMahon was $644,000 in arrears on a $4.8 million loan for a home in Beverly Hills, California, and his lender had filed a notice of default.

McMahon and his wife, Pamela, told CNN's Larry King that McMahon had gotten caught in a spate of financial problems.

"If you spend more money than you make, you know what happens. And it can happen. You know, a couple of divorces thrown in, a few things like that," said McMahon, who added that he hadn't worked much since the neck injury.

McMahon later struck a deal that allowed him to stay in the house.

He is survived by his wife, Pamela, and five children. A sixth child, McMahon's son Michael, died in 1995.

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text: a

text: neck

text: injury

text: caused

text: by

text: a

text: fall

text: In

text: he

text: sued

text: various

text: insurance

text: companies

text: and

text: contractors

text: over

text: mold

text: in

text: his

text: house

text: and

text: later

text: collected

text: a

text: million

text: settlement

text: Though

text: he

text: later

text: hosted

text: a

text: variety

text: of

text: shows

text: including

text: Star

text: Search

text: and

text: TV

text: 's

text: Bloopers

text: and

text: Practical

text: Jokes

text: McMahon

text: 's

text: biggest

text: fame

text: came

text: alongside

text: Carson

text: on

text: The

text: Tonight

text: Show

text: which

text: Carson

text: hosted

text: from

text: to

text: The

text: two

text: met

text: not

text: long

text: after

text: Carson

text: began

text: hosting

text: the

text: game

text: show

text: Who

text: Do

text: You

text: Trust

text: in

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text: your

text: memories

text: of

text: Ed

text: McMahon

text: Johnny

text: did

text: n't

text: look

text: as

text: if

text: he

text: was

text: dying

text: to

text: see

text: me

text: McMahon

text: who

text: was

text: hosting

text: a

text: show

text: on

text: a

text: Philadelphia

text: TV

text: station

text: told

text: People

text: magazine

text: in

text: about

text: the

text: pair

text: 's

text: first

text: meeting

text: He

text: was

text: standing

text: with

text: his

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: door

text: staring

text: at

text: a

text: couple

text: of

text: workmen

text: putting

text: letters

text: on

text: a

text: theater

text: marquee

text: I

text: walked

text: over

text: and

text: stood

text: beside

text: him

text: Finally

text: the

text: two

text: guys

text: finished

text: and

text: Johnny

text: asked

text: What

text: have

text: you

text: been

text: doing

text: I

text: told

text: him

text: He

text: said

text: Good

text: to

text: meet

text: you

text: Ed

text: shook

text: my

text: hand

text: and

text: I

text: was

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: office

text: The

text: whole

text: meeting

text: was

text: about

text: as

text: exciting

text: as

text: watching

text: a

text: traffic

text: light

text: change

text: Watch

text: McMahon

text: discuss

text: meeting

text: Johnny

text: Carson

text: Â

text: Though

text: McMahon

text: was

text: surprised

text: to

text: be

text: offered

text: the

text: job

text: as

text: Carson

text: 's

text: sidekick

text: the

text: two

text: soon

text: proved

text: to

text: have

text: a

text: strong

text: chemistry

text: Carson

text: was

text: by

text: nature

text: introverted

text: and

text: dry

text: witted

text: McMahon

text: was

text: the

text: boisterous

text: and

text: outgoing

text: second

text: banana

text: content

text: to

text: give

text: Carson

text: straight

text: lines

text: or

text: laugh

text: uproariously

text: at

text: his

text: jokes

text: a

text: characteristic

text: much

text: parodied

text: by

text: comedians

text: Watch

text: Comedian

text: Joan

text: Rivers

text: recall

text: McMahon

text: Â

text: Carson

text: made

text: cracks

text: about

text: McMahon

text: 's

text: weight

text: his

text: drinking

text: and

text: the

text: men

text: 's

text: trouble

text: with

text: divorce

text: McMahon

text: was

text: married

text: three

text: times

text: Carson

text: who

text: died

text: in

text: had

text: four

text: wives

text: McMahon

text: was

text: also

text: the

text: show

text: 's

text: designated

text: pitchman

text: a

text: talent

text: he

text: honed

text: to

text: perfection

text: during

text: Tonight

text: 's

text: run

text: with

text: Carson

text: even

text: if

text: sometimes

text: the

text: in

text: show

text: commercial

text: spots

text: fell

text: flat

text: For

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: show

text: 's

text: regular

text: sponsors

text: Alpo

text: dog

text: food

text: McMahon

text: usually

text: extolled

text: the

text: virtues

text: of

text: the

text: product

text: while

text: a

text: dog

text: eagerly

text: gobbled

text: down

text: a

text: bowl

text: But

text: one

text: day

text: the

text: show

text: 's

text: regular

text: dog

text: was

text: n't

text: available

text: and

text: the

text: substitute

text: pooch

text: was

text: n't

text: very

text: hungry

text: McMahon

text: recalled

text: the

text: incident

text: in

text: his

text: memoir

text: For

text: Laughing

text: Out

text: Loud

text: Then

text: I

text: saw

text: Johnny

text: come

text: into

text: my

text: little

text: commercial

text: area

text: He

text: got

text: down

text: on

text: his

text: hands

text: and

text: knees

text: and

text: came

text: over

text: to

text: me

text: I

text: started

text: to

text: pet

text: Johnny

text: Nice

text: boss

text: I

text: was

text: thinking

text: as

text: I

text: pet

text: him

text: on

text: the

text: head

text: nice

text: boss

text: By

text: this

text: point

text: the

text: audience

text: was

text: hysterical

text: I

text: just

text: kept

text: going

text: I

text: was

text: going

text: to

text: get

text: my

text: commercial

text: done

text: The

text: next

text: time

text: you

text: 're

text: looking

text: at

text: the

text: canned

text: dog

text: food

text: he

text: rubbed

text: his

text: cheek

text: against

text: my

text: leg

text: reach

text: for

text: the

text: can

text: that

text: contains

text: real

text: beef

text: Johnny

text: got

text: up

text: on

text: his

text: knees

text: and

text: started

text: begging

text: for

text: more

text: I

text: started

text: petting

text: him

text: again

text: and

text: then

text: he

text: licked

text: my

text: hand

text: McMahon

text: also

text: promoted

text: Budweiser

text: American

text: Family

text: Insurance

text: and

text: during

text: the

text: most

text: recent

text: Super

text: Bowl

text: Entertainment

text: Weekly

text: named

text: him

text: No

text: on

text: its

text: list

text: of

text: TV

text: 's

text: greatest

text: sidekicks

text: Edward

text: Leo

text: Peter

text: McMahon

text: Jr.

text: was

text: born

text: in

text: Detroit

text: Michigan

text: on

text: March

text: His

text: father

text: was

text: a

text: promoter

text: and

text: McMahon

text: remembered

text: moving

text: a

text: lot

text: during

text: his

text: childhood

text: I

text: changed

text: towns

text: more

text: often

text: than

text: a

text: pickpocket

text: McMahon

text: told

text: People

text: He

text: later

text: joined

text: the

text: Marines

text: and

text: served

text: in

text: World

text: War

text: II

text: and

text: Korea

text: Though

text: McMahon

text: was

text: well

text: rewarded

text: by

text: NBC

text: the

text: People

text: article

text: listed

text: his

text: salary

text: between

text: and

text: million

text: his

text: divorces

text: and

text: some

text: poor

text: investments

text: took

text: their

text: toll

text: In

text: June

text: The

text: Wall

text: Street

text: Journal

text: reported

text: that

text: McMahon

text: was

text: in

text: arrears

text: on

text: a

text: million

text: loan

text: for

text: a

text: home

text: in

text: Beverly

text: Hills

text: California

text: and

text: his

text: lender

text: had

text: filed

text: a

text: notice

text: of

text: default

text: McMahon

text: and

text: his

text: wife

text: Pamela

text: told

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Larry

text: King

text: that

text: McMahon

text: had

text: gotten

text: caught

text: in

text: a

text: spate

text: of

text: financial

text: problems

text: If

text: you

text: spend

text: more

text: money

text: than

text: you

text: make

text: you

text: know

text: what

text: happens

text: And

text: it

text: can

text: happen

text: You

text: know

text: a

text: couple

text: of

text: divorces

text: thrown

text: in

text: a

text: few

text: things

text: like

text: that

text: said

text: McMahon

text: who

text: added

text: that

text: he

text: had

text: n't

text: worked

text: much

text: since

text: the

text: neck

text: injury

text: McMahon

text: later

text: struck

text: a

text: deal

text: that

text: allowed

text: him

text: to

text: stay

text: in

text: the

text: house

text: He

text: is

text: survived

text: by

text: his

text: wife

text: Pamela

text: and

text: five

text: children

text: A

text: sixth

text: child

text: McMahon

text: 's

text: son

text: Michael

text: died

text: in

question: Where did his biggest fame come?

answer: "The Tonight Show,"

text: "The Tonight Show,"

question: What did McMahon suffer?

answer: several health problems in recent years.

text: several health problems in recent years.

question: McMahon was featured on what show with Carson?

answer: "The Tonight Show,"

text: "The Tonight Show,"

question: What did McMahon host?

answer: "Star Search"

text: "Star Search"

question: What shows did he host?

answer: "Star Search"

text: "Star Search"

question: Where did his biggest fame come from?

answer: "The Tonight Show,"

text: "The Tonight Show,"

question: He has suffered what problems recently?

answer: pneumonia

text: pneumonia

question: What happened in recent years?

answer: suffered several health problems

text: suffered several health problems