the singer deana martin was a long time friend of regis philbin. she paid her tribute.worker i've ever known, aside from my dad, who was just always, it seems like he was always working. but regis philbin was down to earth. he, gosh, he was a dear friend of mine because he would come to my concerts, he would get up and sing with me, and in fact on my show, on friday live, i'm going to make a toast to him and sing the song he would always sing with me. he and joy were a joy to be around. they were just... you know, down—to—earth, hard workers, and he was, he loves dean martin, and in fact, one of the pictures that we have sent you is, "i'm sitting on the dean martin shared that regis got from my dad", and that, he was so excited about that. we have definitely lost a true legend. and he was, as you said, in front of the tv cameras more than anyone, ever. but he loves that. in fact, i was on one of his first tv shows when he was the announcer forjoey bishop, and that's going way back. so i've known him for many, many years, i've gone to his house, i was on regis and kelly.