Veteran entertainer Johnny Carson brought the nation together to share some laughs — and inspired generations of class clowns ...

Johnny Carson, host of "The Tonight Show," was both an icon and a valuable pitchman. One company tried to use his name ...

PHOTO () —By Verne GayNewsday(MCT)Ed McMahon, the greatest second banana in show biz history, died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a long illness.A big, convivial man known for his booming laugh, a sort ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When Johnny Carson ruled as king of late-night TV, Ed McMahon was the prince of second bananas. McMahon's great talent as Carson's "Tonight Show" sidekick was reacting to his every ...

Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.McMahon died ...

Heeere's 100! Thursday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of the undisputed king of late-night television, Johnny ...

Ed McMahon enjoyed a 46-year friendship with Johnny Carson, "The King of Late Night." It was a relationship that lasted longer than many marriages, and to hear McMahon tell it, it was far less ...

Longtime television personality, game show host and Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday. He was 86. Perhaps best known as Johnny Carson's straight man, whose ...

CORNING, Iowa (AP) -- The dedication of the Johnny Carson Birthplace Museum was postponed because guest of honor and the comedian's former sidekick Ed McMahon is ill, according to organizers. The ...

Ed McMahon died early this morning at age 86. He had many jobs: radio announcer, fighter pilot, door-to-door salesman, but there's one post he held longer than any other. (Soundbite of TV program, ...