It was announced over MSNBC cale about 1:50pm ET that Johnny Carson has died. Cause: complications from emphysema.
Thanks for showing that a whitebread guy from the midwest could be funny, paving the way for Dave Letterman et al. Thanks for maintaining the big band, schticky Vegas comics, etc. in a bubble of sublime cultural irrelevancy. Thanks for Carnac, Art Fern, Floyd R. Turbot and asking Zsa Zsa to move the damn cat.
Our resident “Angel Of Celebrity Death” Eve beat you to it by a few minutes (no doubt her’s got in while you were typing, with such a short time difference, so I’m not accusing you of not noticing it or not searching.)