Johnny Carson, late-night TV legend, dies at 79
CNN International - Jan 24, 2005
(CNN) -- Johnny Carson, host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" for nearly 30 years, died Sunday of emphysema. "He passed away this morning," Carson's nephew, ...
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Inquiry Starts in Extortion Attempt on Johnny Carson
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Oct 15, 1972
An investigation was under way Saturday into an alleged attempt to extort "an extremely large amount or money" from comedian Johnny Carson. ...
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Johnny Carson, the Nation's TV Sandman
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - Apr 23, 1967
WHY DID JOHNNY CARSON quit the Tonight show? What is the truth about the feud between him and NBC? What indispensable X quality suddenly makes the ...
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Johnny Carson: Your tributes
BBC News - Jan 26, 2005
Johnny Carson, the former host of NBC's Tonight Show, died on Sunday at the age of 79 after losing a battle with the respiratory disease emphysema. ...
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Johnny Carson? Network Settle, Returns Monday .
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive - Apr 21, 1967
A statement from the Na tional Broad casting Co. made no men tion of the terms on which Carson will return. Johnny he was demanding that his 1750,000 a year ...
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Ed McMahon - Johnny Carson's sidekick - dies
San Francisco Chronicle - Jun 24, 2009
Well, Johnny Carson had to throw the ball, but I could give him a little help." Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. was born in Detroit on March 6, 1923, ...
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Letterman pays tribute to Johnny Carson
msnbc.com - Feb 1, 2005
NEW YORK - It was Johnny Carson's last monologue and, predictably, it drew plenty of laughs. David Letterman paid tribute to Carson, who died Jan. ...
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NBC Appoints Jay Leno To Replace Johnny Carson
New York Times - Jun 7, 1991
By BILL CARTER. NBC announced the expected appointment of the comedian Jay Leno yesterday as the next host of the "Tonight" show when Johnny Carson steps ...
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'King' Johnny Carson Put on Spot
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - Jan 22, 1967
FOR ALL intents and purposes, the network battle for early evening television audiences has been tough for the 1966-67 season. The next big struggle, ...
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JOHNNY CARSON PROMISING AS TV COMEDIAN
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - Jul 31, 1955
A couple of years ago Jack Carson, veteran had a go at television. He did not turn out too well. Now another Carson--this one. JOHNNY CARSON. PROMISING AS ...
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Johnny Carson Quitting Show? .
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Google News Archive - Apr 20, 1979
his attorney denies reports the entertainer is deter mined to leave popu lar late-night program sometime this fall. The New York Times said Friday that ...
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2 Counts of Drunk Driving Charged to Johnny Carson
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Mar 3, 1982
Entertainer Johnny Carson was charged Tuesday with two misdemeanor counts of drunk driving and a vehicle infraction stemming from his arrest early Saturday ...
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Can Johnny Carson save the Emmy Awards--again?
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - May 26, 1974
Past performance, more than anything else, ought to tell us that Tuesday night's (8-10 p.m., NBC-Ch. 5) Emmy Awards telecast is going to be ill-produced, ...
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Johnny Carson's son killed in car accident
Pay-Per-View - The Record - ProQuest Archiver - Jun 25, 1991
Johnny Carson could not be immediately reached through his attorney or the Tonight Show at NBC's Burbank studios. Richard Carson was one of three Carson ...
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JOHNNY CARSON'S TWO NEW RIVALS
New York Times - May 20, 1986
ONCE again, Johnny Carson is facing challenges to his pre-eminence as the ... Mr. Brenner seems content with being an urban version of Johnny Carson. ...
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Johnny Carson Attends 10th With Third .
St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive - Oct 3, 1972
By MARILYN BECK . HOLLYWOOD paid- for Johnny Carson's wedding party, though the network didn't plan it that way. Invitations to a dinner cele brating ...
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Son of Son of 2d Kit Carson
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - Sep 2, 1962
"The Tonight Show star- ring Johnny Carson." Johnny is the man chosen to replace Jack Paar as the ... Johnny Carson. when I wish I were in some other job. ...
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Johnny Carson Upstaged By Car Thief .
Evening Independent - Google News Archive - Oct 26, 1967
a fleet-footed thief who oft with a rented limou-im> while Carson stood watching. The episode took place outside the RCA building in New York where the ...
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What's New With Johnny Carson?
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Jul 25, 1968
"When you're on TV seven and a half hours a week you've got to do something different now and then," said Johnny Carson, when asked about the sky-diving ...
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NBC Gives in to Johnny Carson
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - Sep 12, 1968
IN. Y. Times-Chicago Tribune Servicel. New York, Sept. 11 - The. National Broadcasting com- pany decided today to shorten its late-night newscast tomor- row ...
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JOHNNY CARSON IS WED
New York Times - Jun 30, 1987
MALIBU, Calif., June 29 (AP) - Johnny Carson, the host of the ''Tonight Show,'' has married Alexis Maas, whom Mr. Carson met when she worked for a stock ...
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Johnny Carson - Page 4 - Salon.com
Salon - Aug 13, 2009
Carson's announcement that he was retiring gave NBC one year to scramble for a replacement, prompting a much-publicized power struggle between Leno and ...
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