Johnny Carson dead at 79

[Numbers]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20050123/ts_nm/people_carson_dc

[hectomaner]

damn that sucks

[Skeeter]

The greatest entertainer that ever lived.

[Gan]

I grew up watching Johnny. Hats off to you.

Here's a little info about him I saw on the CNN website:

JOHN WILLIAM CARSON
Comedian, magician, radio announcer, comedy writer, television host
Host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" for 30 years -- 4,531 episodes
Born: October 23, 1925, in Corning, Iowa
Parents: Homer "Kit" Lloyd Carson, a power company manager, and Ruth Hook Carson
Education: B.A., University of Nebraska, 1949
Military: Ensign, U.S. Navy, 1943 - 1946
Married: Alexis Mass, 1987-present
Joanna Holland, 1972 - 1983, divorce
Joanne Copeland, 1963 - 1972, divorce
Joan "Jody" Wolcott Carson Buckley, 1949-1963, divorce
Children: Christopher, born 1950
Richard, born 1952, died 1991 in car accident
Cory, born 1953
Source: CNN Research

That sucks, my grandma worked with him at a radio station in Nebraska. She's pretty sad right now