Kathie Lee Gifford, Kelly Ripa, and Ryan Seacrest shared tributes to their friend and former colleague Regis Philbin on Monday, and, as you might imagine, their heartfelt expressions were bittersweet.
Philbin died Friday from natural causes at the age of 88.Gifford appeared on The Today Show to talk about her relationship with Philbin, with whom she hosted Live with Regis and Kathie Lee from 1988 to 2000.
Fighting back tears, she said she saw Philbin and his wife Joy about two weeks ago during a visit to the East Coast from her home in Tennessee."We became dear friends since [I left the show]," Gifford said, "always picking up right where we left off.
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