King of the Night: The Life of Johnny Carson

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Johnny Carson was a phenomenon, the most successful performer in the history of television. For the better part of three decades, the enormously popular host of “The Tonight Show” was welcomed into millions of American homes — as a friend, an entertainer, and an inexhaustibly sage and witty commentator on our lives and times. But there was a dark side to this charming and inscrutable enigma that only those closest to Carson ever saw — a sadness, mistrust, and cruelty behind the glitter and glamour, intensified by a lifelong pursuit of power, wealth, and fame.

Based on more than two years of intensive research including more than 700 personal interviews with ex-wives, ex-friends, colleagues, and celebrities — with all-new, never-before-published material on Johnny’s post-“Tonight Show” life, from his retirement through his final days — Laurence Learner’s King of the Night is an intimate and powerful portrait of an unforgettable personality, at once a tribute and a revelation.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004HD62SK
Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 29, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1.0 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062037473
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #36,526 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #10 in Biographies of Comedians #27 in Biographies of Actors & Actresses #164 in Composer & Musician Biographies
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