"His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to spend with him – for his warmth, his legendary sense of humor, and his singular ability to make every day into something worth talking about," the Philbin family said in a statement to People Magazine. He died of natural causes.

Philbin was the founding host of the popular primetime game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” from 1999 to 2002. He rose to fame in 1988 as co-host of “Live! With Regis and Kathy Lee,” which was renamed “Live! With Regis and Kelly” when Kathy Lee Gifford was replaced by Kelly Ripa in 2001.

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