Obit Ed MacMahon

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 1968 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby, right, sits with Ed McMahon on the set of NBC's "Late Night" with Johnny Carson television show in New York. McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, has died at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 86. (AP Photo/File)