John Charles Daly
Daly's first foray into television was as a panelist on the game show "Celebrity Time". This led to a job in 1950 as the host and moderator on a new panel show produced by Goodson–Todman, "What's My Line?" The show lasted 17 years with Daly hosting all but four episodes of the weekly series.
The Fred Allen Show
Allen's health worsened further during his time on "What's My Line?" and on March 17, 1956 while strolling down the streets of New York City, he suffered a heart attack and died at the age of 61. During the final ninety seconds of the next night's "What's My Line?" broadcast, host John Charles Daly along with fellow panelists Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf, and former regular panelist Steve Allen, gave brief but heartfelt tributes to Allen.