A Carson Comrade Recalls the Late-Night King

Fresh Air

Published January 24, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Fred de Cordova is a former executive producer of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. We listen back to a 1988 interview with de Cordova. Johnny Carson, the host of The Tonight Show for 30 years died Sunday at the age of 79. The cause was emphysema.

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