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 ...

On October 1, 1962, Johnny Carson takes over from Jack Paar as host of the late-night talk program The Tonight Show. Carson went on to host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for three decades, ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

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 at a hospital in Los Angeles.

The writer had a famously improbable ride to stardom. The fact that he ever escaped obscurity is a testament to just how serendipitous his path was. By Dan Sinykin For better or worse, Raquel Welch ...

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 ...

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: And now, ladies and gentlemen, here's Johnny. It might be hard to grasp today just how big Johnny Carson was. He hosted "The Tonight Show" from 1962 until 1992, a bedtime companion for 9 ...