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Ed McMahon, the top banana of second bananas, died peacefully early Tuesday morning at Los Angeles’ Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, publicist Howard Bragman says.He did not give a specific cause of death but did cite a “multitude of health problems the last few months.”

McMahon, 86, was a household name for 30 years as the announcer and sidekick to Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.