R.I.P.: Ed McMahon

LOS ANGELES, California -- Ed McMahon, the longtime sidekick of Johnny Carson on the "Tonight Show," has died after long battle with cancer. He was 86.
McMahon was recently hospitalized at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital in Los Angeles for a bout of pneumonia.
McMahon began his televsion career as an announcer on television legend Dick Clark's "American Bandstand," in 1952, and worked on the show until 1958.
The entertainer started as Carson's sidekick in 1962, and worked alongside Carson for 30 years. On the "Tonight Show," McMahon became famous for creating the catchphrase "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!"
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Johnny Carson 1925 - 2005

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Empathetic Dave

David Letterman, the CBS host who has competed with Jay Leno every weeknight for 15 years, now feels empathy for his late-night challenger.
In an interview with Rolling Stone on newsstands this week, Mr. Letterman, the longtime “Late Show” host, expresses bewilderment about NBC's decision to replace Mr. Leno next year.
“Unless I’m misunderstanding something, I don’t know why, after the job Jay has done for them, why they would relinquish that,” Mr. Letterman said in the interview. “I guess they thought it was a less messy way to handle what happened to me at NBC. I don’t know.”
Mr. Letterman famously moved from NBC to CBS in 1993 after Mr. Leno replaced Johnny Carson on NBC’s “Tonight” show, establishing one of the foremost rivalries on television which was documented in the book "The Late Shift"
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You Are Correct Sir! Johnny #1 TV Icon

The late great Johnny Carson has been named TV Land and Entertainment Weekly's No. 1 television icon.
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