Tv Show Host

How Johnny Carson Died: Date of Death, Age of Death, Birthday, and More!

Johnny Carson reached the respectable age of 79 years. Find out the cause of death and more exciting information regarding the death of this famous TV show host.

Biography - A Short Wiki

Also known as the Elvis of hosting, he was an Emmy-winning face of NBC’s Tonight show from 1961 to 1992.

He got married 4 times: first to Joan Morrill (Jody) Wolcott on October 1, 1949, whom he had three sons with. He then was married to Joanne Copeland on August 17, 1963, to Joanna Holland on September 30, 1972, and finally to Alexandra (Alexis) Maas on June 20, 1987. He spent the last years of his life on his yacht.

How did Johnny Carson die?

Johnny Carson's death was caused by Emphysema.

Information about the death of Johnny Carson
Cause of deathEmphysema
Age of death79 years
ProfessionTv Show Host
BirthdayOctober 23, 1925
Death dateJanuary 23, 2005
Place of deathN/A
Place of burialN/A

Quotes

The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.

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People will pay more to be entertained than educated.

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To be an entertainer, you gotta be a little gutsy, a little egotistical, so you have to pull back sometimes when people say, ‘Well, he’s stuck-up.’ ‘Stuck-up’ is only another word for self-conscious.

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If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.

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I was going to hang it up on the twenty-fifth year of this show. I don’t know why. Maybe twenty-five years is enough. And I found out that I was having so much fun doing the show that we decided to stick around for a while.

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