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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Jan 23 2005, 08:11 PM
Booo!
I didn't even know he was sick.
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Carson has had emphysema for years. It's actually probably the main reason he retired in the first place.
He did a wonderful job of keeping himself out of Hollywood's nasty spotlight after he left too. No Enquirere headlines reading Carson's Sad End or something disrespectful like that.
Great comic mind, who inspired great comedy from others (the SNL skits about the Tonight Show are some of the best SNL material ever). Never forgot his roots and was very fond of his hometown of Norfolk, Nebraska.
Sad to see him go, but he certainly was suffering for a long time. Very nasty way to die.