FILE: Ed McMahon battling pneumonia and other illnesses in the ICU of a Los Angeles hospital

28820, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Monday, March 2, 2009. **EXCLUSIVE** FILE: Monday September 22 2008. For weeks, Ed McMahon has been courageously battling pneumonia and other illnesses in the ICU of a Los Angeles hospital. A frail-looking Ed McMahon gets back to work as he is seen on the set of a new commercial he is filming. Ed was wearing a velour jogging suit and occasionally needed help walking. He was in good spirits and was even spotted talking on an iPhone at one point. McMahon who was Johnny Carson's sidekick on the Tonight show for three decades has not worked for over 18 months. Photograph: © PacificCoastNews.com ****** UK OFFICE: 131 557 7760/7761/7762Â US OFFICE: 1 310 261 9676

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