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Courtesy Michael Flannery
Comedian/Goodwill spokesman Michael Flannery called from his Good Samaritan Hospital bed to say thanks to his fans for all the cards and prayers. Mostly the prayers. I didn t know I knew this many people, or that this many people knew me, says Flannery, 63, who s recovering from COVID-19.
Most know him from 17 years on television. He hosted WXIX-TV s
Fox 19 Kids Club 1990-95, and was a WCPO-TV anchor, 9 On Your Kids Side reporter and host of the
Know It Alls weekly trivia show 1995-2007.
Credit Courtesy Michael Flannery
Cards, balloons and flowers arrived at the hospital after his Facebook live video while bedridden in Good Sam s COVID ward, announcing he had the coronavirus. He did it on Saturday, Feb. 20, about the same time TV/radio personality Pat Barry died from COVID in another Cincinnati hospital.