This is reported by TASS with reference to the statement of his family.
It is noted that Philbin did not live a month before his 89th birthday.
It is also reported that the total duration of Philbin's presence on television is more than 17 thousand hours.
This achievement is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
Earlier, one of the founders of the British-American collective Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, died at the age of 73.