Johnny Carson - Popular People Bio

About

John William Carson was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Television Academy’s 1980 Governor’s Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award.

Nicknames
The King of Late-night

BIRTHDAY
October 23, 1925

ZODIAC SIGN
Libra

BORN
Corning, Iowa, United States (Map)

DIED
January 23, 2005 (age 79)

CAUSE OF DEATH
Emphysema

Place of burial
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend

EDUCATION

Millsaps College (Map)
SOAS University of London (Map)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Map)

POLITICAL VIEWS
Carson opposed the Vietnam War, and capital punishment, favored racial equality, and was against criminalizing extramarital sex and pornography.

Nationality
American

HEIGHT
5ft 10 ½ (179.1 cm)

EYE COLOR
Green

HAIR COLOR
Gray

HANDEDNESS
Right-handed

TATTOOS
None

NET WORTH
$300 Million (2005)

Faith
Methodist

languages spoken
English, Swahili

IQ
Unknown

Personal Quotes

For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.

Married men live longer than single men. But married men are a lot more willing to die.

If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.