What is Joe Franklin?
{{Infobox person | name = Joe Franklin | image = JoeFranklinin2007.jpg | caption = Franklin in 2007 | birth_name = Joseph Fortgang | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|3|9}} | birth_place = [[Bronx]], [[New York City]], [[United States|U.S.]] | occupation = Television and radio personality | yearsactive = 1951–2014 | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|1|24|1926|3|9}} | death_place = [[Manhattan]], New York City, U.S. | death_cause = [[Prostate cancer]] }} '''Joe Franklin''' (born '''Joseph Fortgang'''; March 9, 1926 – January 24, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] radio and television host personality from [[New York City]]. He is best known for the television [[talk show|talk-and-variety show]] format that set the standard for television talk shows. His show began in 1951 on WJZ-TV (later [[WABC-TV]]) and moved to WOR-TV (later [[WWOR-TV]]) from 1962 to 1993.<ref name=Hinckley>{{cite news |first=David |last=Hinckley |title=Joe Franklin: Truth in Packaging |work=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1999/11/26/1999-11-26_joe_franklin_truth_in_packag.html |date=November 26, 1999 |accessdate=2008-01-01 |archive-date=2009-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703060057/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1999/11/26/1999-11-26_joe_franklin_truth_in_packag.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He interviewed over 100,000 guests during his 43 year career. Franklin died of prostate cancer at a [[hospice]] on January 24, 2015 at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/nyregion/joe-franklin-local-talk-show-pioneer-dies-at-88.html|title=Joe Franklin, a Talk Show Institution in New York, Dies at 88|first=James|last=Barron|date=24 January 2015|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sharpio |first=Rich |date=January 24, 2015 |title=Joe Franklin 'King of Nostalgia' dead at 88 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/joe-franklin-dead-88-article-1.2090911 |newspaper=New York Daily News |location= New York |ac