Ed McMahon has been hospitalised for several weeks with pneaumonia. A friend reported, the 85 year young McMahon has been fighting bone cancer. Ed is best noted for being Johnny Carson's sidekick on the Tonight Show, the host of star search, and spokesman for the American Family Publishers' Clearinghouse. He has also starred in Fun with Dick and Jane, Just Write, and the Tom Show with Tom Arnold. His family appreciates your concerns.