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A man who defined stand-up comedy for a generation and changed the face of television and more specifically the TV talk show forever, Johnny Carson, is dead at 79 years of age.

Overused phrases like “TV Icon” and “legend” are the only words that seem appropriate at his passing. A brilliant monologist and a cagey interviewer, I think Johnny Carson will be remembered as a host who could be intimate, even serious, but who never passed by an opportunity to go for a big sight gag or joke. And he never missed a beat.

A few of the people Carson nurtured or discovered include Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Bette Midler, and a self described “geek of a kid” David Letterman.

Johnny Carson was an American Institution who we could count on at the end of a hard day, or through hard times, to help put it all in perspective and bring a smile to our collective faces before we went to bed.

Everbody who worked with Carson on "The NBC Tonight Show" used the same word to describe him: "Nice".

Johnny Carson’s legacy was laughter.




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