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	Johnny Carson - MSN Encarta
		John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host best known for his iconic status as host of The Tonight Show Starring...
		On December 20, 1985 Johnny Carson let us all know that according to legend there is only one Fruitcake in the world, and it is very, very heavy.
		Carson's relaxed, slightly ironic style made The Tonight Show an enormously popular staple of late-night television, accounting for a substantial portion of the network’s profits and inspiring numerous imitators.
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	CNN.com - Johnny Carson, late-night TV legend, dies at 79 - Jan 24, 2005
		Johnny Carson: The life and legacy of an American icon.
		Carson, a longtime smoker, was 79 and had announced in 2002 that he was suffering from the disease.
		Carson was host of the late-night talk show from October 1, 1962, to May 22, 1992, taking over from Jack Paar and handing off to Jay Leno after 4,531 episodes.
	www.cnn.com /2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/carson.obit (1196 words)

	USATODAY.com - Young Johnny Carson emerges in DVDs
		Carson had in hand 10 carefully maintained episodes of the 1955-56 "The Johnny Carson Show," starring her future husband in days before he made "The Tonight Show" his own.
		Johnny Carson reveled in playing the kind of characters that would later populate "Tonight," and there are early hints of Carnac the Magnificent and others to come.
		Carson did a bit about a father who comes home to find the TV set out for repair but his children staring, mindlessly, at the space it had occupied.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/2007-03-14-1333502975_x.htm (979 words)

	PopMatters Television Feature \| Funny with Class: Johnny Carson, 1925-2005
		Johnny Carson died of emphysema on the morning of 23 January.
		Johnny Carson was that nebulous thing, a "television personality." Not an actor, though he had been known to make the occasional cameo here and there.
		Carson was ever the conscientious steward of this power, and he used it to introduce musicians, entertainers, and most importantly, comedians who appealed to his sense of talent and relevance.
	www.popmatters.com /tv/features/050124-johnnycarson2.shtml (778 words)

	The Comical: Johnny Carson Obituary
		Carson's legend was so big that his successor, Jay Leno, last year opted to retire in 2009 rather than host The Tonight Show into his 60s, as Carson did.
		Carson would also host many exotic animals and their keepers, making jokes about how the animals looked or behaved, and comically looking overly fearful when the animals surprised him.
		Carson was nominated for the Golden Globe award in 1975, and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1987.
	www.thecomical.com /features/johnny_carson_obituary.html (854 words)

	Late night TV trailblazer dead at 79 / 'He had it all': Carson's effect far-reaching
		Johnny Carson, the smooth Nebraska-bred enigma who became America's cherished late-night totem and one of the world's most popular entertainers in an extraordinary 30-year run as host of "The Tonight Show," died Sunday at his home in Malibu.
		Carson attended Millsaps College, in Jackson, Miss., and was an ensign in the U.S. Navy from 1943-46.
		Carson nabbed his first TV quiz show assignment, "Earn Your Vacation," in 1954 and launched the short-lived "The Johnny Carson Show" the next year.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/24/CARSON.TMP (1392 words)

	Johnny Carson Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Carson replied no and told him his dream was to become a magician and entertainer.
		Carson joined the forces of WOW Radio, Omaha, directly out of college, and on August 1, 1949, The Johnny Carson Showwent on the air for in the morning for 45 minutes.
		Carson was about to embark on a new territory, a pioneer in television, just like everyone else at the time.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/johnny-carson (1438 words)

	The New York Times > Arts > Television > Johnny Carson, Low-Key King of Late-Night TV, Dies at 79
		Carson was often called "the king of late night," and he wielded an almost regal power.
		Carson impaled the foibles of seven presidents and their aides as well as the doings of assorted nabobs and stuffed shirts from the private sector: corporate footpads and secret polluters, tax evaders, preening lawyers, idiosyncratic doctors, oily accountants, defendants who got off too easily and celebrities who talked too much.
		Carson frequently saw their careers damaged - most memorably the comedian Joan Rivers, who went from being his most regular guest host to a pariah for daring to mount a late-night show to challenge his without first informing him.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/01/23/arts/television/23cnd-carson.html?ex=1264222800&en=df9d4c23e0ac5254&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt (748 words)

	CNN.com - Your Johnny Carson memories - Jan 24, 2005
		Carson provided us not only with thoughtful insight into current affairs, a chance to laugh at ourselves as a society and realize that we are all human, no matter what you did for a living.
		Johnny Carson was the first late-night host I saw on TV when I immigrated to the U.S. 20 years ago.
		Carson was disturbed by the size of the bug and happily moved on to the next animal.
	www.cnn.com /2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/your.memories/index.html (5593 words)

	Carson, Johnny'
		Johnny Carson is best known as America's late night king of comedy.
		Carson began performing professionally at the age of fourteen as a magician-comic, "The Great Carsoni," for the local Rotary Club in his hometown of Norfolk, Nebraska.
		On 22 May 1992, at the age of sixty-six, Johnny Carson left the Tonight Show--a remarkable thirty year run in more than a half century of comedy performance that raised him to the level of national court jester and national treasure.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/C/htmlC/carsonjohnn/carsonjohnn.htm (1254 words)

	The Johnny Carson Birthplace Society
		Johnny Carson was late night TV’s favorite host.
		Johnny was born in Corning, Iowa, October 23, 1925.
		The house Johnny was born in is still standing and is in the process of being restored as a tribute to Johnny.
	www.johnnycarsonbirthplace.org (80 words)

	For Decades, Comic Ruled Late-Night TV (washingtonpost.com)
		Johnny Carson, 79, whose topical monologues and outlandish comedy made him the foremost figure of late-night entertainment for three decades, died yesterday.
		Carson often was called the "king" of late-night television, a nickname far from hyperbole.
		Carson's introduction, by sidekick Ed McMahon, became a national catchphrase: "Heeeeere's Johnny!" The jaunty, brassy and recognizable theme music, written by Paul Anka, was rendered by bandleader Doc Severinsen.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A30475-2005Jan23.html (1975 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| TV and Radio \| Obituary: Johnny Carson
		Johnny Carson, who has died from emphysema at the age of 79, was the master of the genre that has become the television chat show.
		Carson's move in 1972 from New York City to California's Burbank studios pinpointed a mass migration from east to west for the entertainment industry.
		Carson banned British comedians from his show because he considered their humour "lavatorial", but many stand-up comics kick-started their careers by appearing on Johnny's show.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/3687092.stm (714 words)

	AskMen.com - Johnny Carson
		Johnny Carson was a truly respected writer and comedian.
		Carson was raised alongside a brother, Dick, who would grow up to become a director for the game show Wheel of Fortune.
		Carson won viewers with his Midwestern charm, and his quick wit was showcased in improvisational skits featuring characters such as Carnac the Magnificent and Art Fern.
	www.askmen.com /toys/special_feature_60/94_special_feature.html (783 words)

	Johnny Carson : Rolling Stone
		The elder Carson was an itinerant lineman for an electric company, and the family (including daughter Catherine and son Richard) moved during the first eight years of John's life to numerous other small towns in the state (like Shenandoah, Clarinda and Avoca) before settling in a large, frame house in Norfolk, Nebraska.
		Carson entered the University of Nebraska after his discharge in 1946, majoring in journalism with the intention of pursuing a career as a comedy writer.
		Johnny's guests that inaugural evening were Joan Crawford, Tony Bennett, Mel Brooks and Rudy Vallee, and the hand was under the direction of Skitch Henderson, with Doc Severinsen on trumpet.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/6862856/johnny_carson (18921 words)

	TV legend Johnny Carson dies
		Johnny Carson, the widely admired former talk-show host, has died, the NBC television network said Sunday.
		Carson put Americans to bed for 30 years with his jokes, monologues, comedy skits and interviews with guests.
		Carson made a fortune as a TV host, being paid a reported $5 million US a year in the 1980s.
	www.cbc.ca /world/story/2005/01/23/carson-dead050123.html (1297 words)

	Johnny Carson's naughty genius. - By David Edelstein - Slate Magazine
		Carson also perfected the art of making a joke that bombs even funnier than a joke that works—a mixed legacy, insofar as many modern TV hosts (among them Letterman) are more comfortable than they should be going out with second-rate material.
		Carson's background in magic (and its attendant skepticism) might be one of the keys to his greatness as a comedian and talk-show host.
		The later Carson, the Carson of 1981 until his retirement in 1992*, was a subtly different presence.
	www.slate.com /id/2112604 (1604 words)

	PopMatters Television Feature \| Heeeere's to Johnny...: Johnny Carson, 1925-2005
		Carson forged a relationship of trust with his audience, entering into living rooms not as a famous personality but as an extended family member.
		Some of Carson's funniest experiences occurred when he was striking out, making himself the good natured butt of the joke and allowing viewers to laugh at him and with him.
		Carson was the embodiment of professionalism and class in life and entertainment, and someone who touched individuals in a manner that few, if any, are capable of.
	www.popmatters.com /tv/features/050124-johnnycarson.shtml (756 words)

	Tributes pour in for TV legend Johnny Carson
		Carson was credited for launching the careers of a number of comedians, including Letterman, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby and Joan Rivers, many of whom paid tribute to the former king of late night.
		Rivers, who for a time was Carson's permanent guest host, said he made her the first woman to host a late-night talk show.
		Carson left the show when it was high in the ratings in May 1992.
	www.cbc.ca /world/story/2005/01/24/newcarson-dead050124.html (1570 words)

	USATODAY.com - Johnny Carson: He defined late-night TV and launched careers
		Carson outshone and outlasted scores of would-be challengers, from Chevy Chase and Jon Stewart to Arsenio Hall and Pat Sajak — including Rivers, who had a short-lived show on Fox, and Bishop, who had a late-night talk show on ABC.
		Carson was married four times and divorced three, and he made frequent references to his marital troubles in nightly monologues.
		Carson, a longtime smoker who quit 10 years ago, had health problems — a heart attack and bypass surgery in 1999 and emphysema, which was revealed a few years later — but he kept the news even from close friends.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2005-01-23-carson-obit_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA (2150 words)

	Johnny Carson - Archive Collection - TIME
		Filling in until Johnny Carson takes over the Tonight show next fall, some of television's tinniest princes have presided over the show, and each has left the unmistakable mark of his inability to master Paar's charismatic tricks.
		Carson's retirement is another milestone in the slow withering of the network mass audience.
		Like Carson, much of Letterman's appeal comes from the counterpoint between his heartland Wasp looks and his edgy irreverence.
	www.time.com /time/archive/collections/0,21428,c_carson,00.shtml (446 words)

	Johnny Carson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carson then attended the University of Nebraska where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1949.
		Carson, an experienced stage magician, wanted a neutral demonstration of Geller's alleged abilities, so, at the advice of his friend and fellow magician James Randi, he gave Geller several spoons out of his desk drawer and asked him to bend them with his psychic powers.
		Carson was a major investor in the ultimately failed De Lorean Motor Company, and was cited in a 1982 drunk driving incident while driving a De Lorean DMC-12 sportscar in Beverly Hills.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnny_Carson (2933 words)

	Johnny Carson dies of emphysema - Johnny Carson 1925-2005- msnbc.com
		Carson often had a cigarette in hand in the early years of “Tonight,” eventually dropping the on-air habit when smoking on TV became frowned on.
		Carson chose to let “Tonight” stand as his career zenith and his finale, withdrawing into a private retirement that suited his nature and refusing involvement in other show business projects.
		Carson won a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in 1992, with the first President Bush saying, “With decency and style he’s made America laugh and think.” In 1993, he was celebrated by the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors for career achievement.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6504289 (1739 words)

	UNL \| Fine & Performing Arts \| Johnny Carson Gifts
		Annual income from the endowment will provide support to the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts and the broadcast program in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
		The fl box theatre adjoining the main stage was renamed the Johnny Carson Theater in his honor.
		John Carson was born in Corning, Iowa, on Oct. 23, 1925, and grew up in Norfolk, Neb. He served in World War II in the Navy as an ensign before enrolling at the University of Nebraska in 1947.
	www.unl.edu /finearts/jcarson.shtml (450 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| US TV legend Johnny Carson dies
		Carson retired from the top-rated late-night entertainment show in 1992 after 30 years as one of the most popular TV personalities in the US.
		Carson began his career on television stations in his home state of Nebraska in the late 1940s.
		Carson was America's king of late-night television, dominating it from 1962 to 1992, the BBC's Steve Futterman in Los Angeles says.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4200385.stm (481 words)

	News 8 Austin \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES
		Bette Midler, who serenaded Carson as his last guest in 1992, says he was a "little bit of devil, a whole lot of angel, wit, charm," and good looks.
		Residents in Johnny Carson's hometown are remembering the longtime "Tonight Show" host for his modesty and generosity.
		Carson also helped fund a cancer center, a library, an arts center, a museum and a learning center at a local community college.
	www.news8austin.com /content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=129771 (535 words)

	The New York Times > Arts > Television > Johnny Carson, Low-Key King of Late-Night TV, Dies at 79
		Johnny Carson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today became a place to pay tribute.
		Johnny Carson, the droll, puckish, near-effortless comedian who dominated late-night television for 30 years, tucking millions of Americans into bed as the host of the "Tonight" show, died yesterday in Los Angeles.
		Carson's Nixon-Agnew jokes and uptight doctrinaire liberal Democrats savored his pokes at Lyndon B. Johnson and the Kennedys.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/01/24/arts/television/24john.html?ex=1264309200&en=6f658f94eb801abd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt (788 words)

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