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US chat show legend dies

Metro11 April 2012
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Johnny Carson, the legendary American chat show king, died yesterday of emphysema aged 79.

Carson hosted NBC's popular The Tonight Show for 30 years, drawing in an estimated 12million viewers a night, until he was replaced in 1992 by Jay Leno.

'He was surrounded by his family, whose loss will be immeasurable,' said his nephew Jeff Sotzing.

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