Johnny Carson

John William Carson October 23 1925 January 23 2005 was an American television host comedian writer and producer He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 19621992 Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards the Television Academys 1980 Governors Award and a 1985 Peabody Award He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987 Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993 Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Carson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia