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The Ed Sullivan Show was a victim of CBS's 1971 "rural purge", that cancelled many longtime shows from the network in favor of more "sophisticated" programs. Sullivan passed away not long after.

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Sullivan died. Nobody could replace him, so the show died too. l974 Some attempts made to recreate classic reruns, of course, were aired.

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He was a famous show biz columnist. He had so many connections that it made it easy to get big name stars as guests.

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The Ed Sullivan Show ended on 1971-06-06.

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