Johnny Carson, the iconic host of "The Tonight Show," died in 2005 at age 79 from respiratory failure caused by emphysema. He ...

Illinois oldest farmer Merritt Heaton appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on February 3rd, 1988.

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The number one thing I learned was that I would never be anywhere near as good as Johnny. Maybe Frank Sinatra would shop up, ...

Johnny Carson used his affable personality and keen gift for comedy to become no less than the King of Late-Night Television ...

Biographer Bill Zehme died before completing his magnum opus, ‘Carson the Magnificent.’ Then his former research assistant ...

"Carson the Magnificent," by Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas. (Simon & Schuster/TNS) For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight ...

Carson pioneered a new style of late-night hosting—relaxed, improvisatory, risk-averse, and inscrutable.

For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson was the last face millions of viewers saw before they closed ...

Johnny Carson, the man who made “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” an American institution, has been off the late-night air longer than he was on it. For people of a certain age — you ...

One of television's best-known personalities, Johnny Carson, the iconic host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, was born on this day in history, on Oct. 23, 1925. Carson had Midwestern roots and ...