Johnny Carson
American talk show host and comedian (1925-2005) · United States · Comedians · Died at 79
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Something wrong?John William Carson was an American television host, comedian, and writer best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992).
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2005Died23 January 20051993Kennedy Center HonorsAward1992Presidential Medal of FreedomAwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesAward1985Peabody AwardsAward1983American Library Association Honorary MembershipAward1925Born23 October 1925
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Johnny Carson's birthplace in Corning, Iowa![Navy portrait of Carson[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/U.S._Navy_portrait_of_Johnny_Carson.jpg)
Navy portrait of Carson[3]
Carson as a guest on Jack Benny's television program, 1955
Carson in 1957
Carson with Dick Cavett and Alan King in a publicity photo promoting the 1968 California Friars Club roast of Carson.
Carson in the 1990s
On a trip to Tanzania in 1994Awards
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Lived 1925 to 2005 · aged 79
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