The final “Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” aired on May 22, 1992, with a whopping 60 million people tuning in to watch. Carson died at age 79 in January 2005.

As host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, Johnny Carson was the king of late-night TV. But the public rarely saw his private side. A new biography, "Carson the Magnificent,"; examines the late ...

Johnny Carson, the man who made “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” an American institution, has been off the late-night air longer than he was on it. For people of a certain age — you ...

Johnny Carson, famously private, is revealed in a new biography “Carson the Magnificent” delivers the famous talk-show host in full while keeping the mystery of what made him tick alive ...

Johnny Carson, beloved host of The Tonight Show, famously joked about his difficulties in love, casting the blame, at one point, on his most iconic role. “If I had given as much to marriage as I ...

Johnny Carson, born in Iowa on this day in history, Oct. 23, 1925, went on to become the iconic and Emmy Award-winning host of "The Tonight Show." Here's his story.