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Philbindied of natural causesat age 88 on Friday, his family confirmed today in astatement toPeople.
There was no half-assing it during those 16,746.5-plus hours of TV, no sleepwalking with him.
When Regis Philbin was onscreen, he came to play and he seemed to absolutely relish it.
Because he was a host who liked to improvise, many Americans felt like they knew Regis Philbin.
This information seeped into the brain unbidden because Regis was everywhere, omnipresent.
He was a personality in the truest sense of that word, but he also was authentic.
He never seemed like a phony or someone who was trying to be someone other than himself.
There arent many TV-show hosts about whom that can be said.
Now theres one fewer.
