Johnny Carson  best known as the host of The Tonight Show
Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six
Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy‘s 1980
Governor’s Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award.

He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in
1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.

He once reportedly joked, "My giving advice on marriage is like
the captain of the Titanic giving lessons on navigation.” He was
79.

Shecky on The Tonight Show, 1973.

Shecky Greene (Fred Sheldon Greenfield)

Shecky Greene, an entertainment legend whose very name
became synonymous with stand-up comedy, has died.

Greene died at 3:21 a.m. Sunday at his home in Las Vegas
of natural causes.

(FOX NEWS)

Comedian Tom Smothers has died at the age of 86.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family,
said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died
Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, California.   

In 2023, Smothers announced he had been diagnosed
with stage two lung cancer.

Tommy with brother Dick…The Smothers Brothers.

Comedian Bob Hope gave his last Christmas show to U.S.
servicemen in Saigon on this day in history, Dec. 24, 1972.

The iconic entertainer, who starred in more than 50 films,
kept up a tradition of visiting troops deployed overseas
since WWII.

Hope’s 1972 show marked his ninth consecutive Christmas
appearance in Vietnam, according to History.com.

On December 24, 1972, Bob Hope delivered a live Christmas show to American soldiers stationed in Vietnam. The show,
held at the Bien Hoa Air Base, was a festive event attended
by thousands of servicemen.

Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope
(May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003)