Jimmy Kimmel

I do often tell people that you credit me with inventing taking the laptop onto the toilet.

Yeah, Alex Wallo.

One of the all-time greats.

He was the president of ABC when we started there and was really our biggest champion and supporter.

For whatever reason, we took a liking to each other right at the outset.

And Alex... Alex passed away...

At 81 years old, he was diagnosed with stage four cancer in 1987.

Crazy.

Unbelievable.

He had six months to live in 1987.

And he was the toughest guy and the funniest guy.

You know, Isle Michaels was one of his best friends and...

I don't think he'd mind me sharing this story because Al was at his bedside this week when the great Alex Wallow passed away.

And he said he said, I took his hand and he said his hand was really strong, like really for a person who, you know, had hours to live.

He was really strong.

And Alex, at this time, he wasn't particularly verbal.

He'd only said like a word here or there.

He's he's.

semi-conscious he's laying in bed and he takes his hand and then al puts his hand on top of the other hand and they're they got four hands kind of holding each other and al kisses alex on the forehead and alex takes his hand out of the pile and he points to his lips he wants a uh al to kiss him on the lips and so al kisses him on the lips and alex says

What a way to go.