For 30 years, Americans invited Johnny Carson into their homes as host of The Tonight Show. Many felt they knew Carson thanks to his years on TV and the countless stories that followed his career.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.