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Phil Donahue talks with Judith Exner, onetime mistress of President John F. Kennedy, during the show in Burbank, California, February 1988. 
When Donahue went on the air in 1967, he wasn't afraid of controversy; he even sought it. But more, he sought to inform and educate, to push past taboos — and to respect the opinions of women.
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