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Madalyn Murray O'Hair (née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) [1] was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state. In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her.
The episode numbering is as provided by A&E's official website's episode guide. ... American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair, her son Jon, and granddaughter ...
On August 27, 1995, Madalyn, Jon and Robin O'Hair disappeared from the organization's former Austin, Texas, headquarters, along with over $550,000 of the organization's funds. The three were later found to have been abducted, robbed and murdered by David Waters , an ex-convict and former employee.
Donahue died Sunday at age 88 after a long illness. ... the atheist activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair, and soon decided the audience’s questions were better than his. ... He had episodes devoted ...
The show’s last episode aired in 1996 in New York, where Donahue was living with his wife, actress Marlo Thomas, at the time of his death. The two had been married since 1980. Donahue had five children, four sons and a daughter, from a previous marriage. Donahue returned briefly to television in 2002, hosting another “Donahue” show on MSNBC.
"There wouldn’t have been an Oprah Show without Phil Donahue being the first to prove that daytime talk and women watching should be taken seriously," wrote Oprah Winfrey.
During commercials, he opened the floor up to questions for his first guest, the atheist activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair, and soon decided the audience’s questions were better than his. "Sometime during that first week, I jumped off my chair and ran into the audience," he told The AP in 1996.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair as his first guest. He would later air shows on feminism, homosexuality, consumer protection and civil rights, among hundreds of other topics.