Johnny Carson is a name we all surmise with versatility and great confidence. Born on 23rd October, 1925 Johnny is a 6 times Emmy award winner and has N number of many other prestigious awards affixed to his name. Carson had a spectacular aura about him that made him successfully work on his most popular show 'tonight show starring Johnny Carson' for over 30 years. Johnny passed away in the year 2005 leaving all his family members and family in tears. His life has helped many people find their ways and has actually entertained the world all his life.
He took birth in Iowa but grew up in Nebraska. He actually started his career as an Ensign. He left college to join the US navy. He was also sent to the Columbia University for getting training in midshipman. He got a chance t supervise many tasks during the war but for a long time he worked for deciding the encrypted messages for the navy. In the year 1950, Carson gave a complete transformation to his career and appeared for the first time on a radio station 'WOW' in Nebraska. He also hosted morning slot shows and for widening options to earn a good amount he also worked at churches being the master of the ceremonies. He also worked with
CBS's station KNXT.
In his life time he hosted many shows and was acclaimed for almost all of them. The number of awards he won in his life times gives a proof of the quality of work this man did when he was alive. It is a privilege to even mention the awards he won because it is hard to achieve them. He won 6 Emmy Awards for his show 'tonight show starring Johnny Carson', Governor's award in the year 1980, Peabody Award in 1985, Presidential medal for freedom in 1992, Kennedy centre Honors in the year 1993 and the life time achievement award in the year 1992.
Carson was also well versed in performing magic tricks. He finally retired from the show business in the year 1992. Johnny Carson's first marriage with college girlfriend Joan ended badly in a divorce. Johnny has married 4 times in his life time and has three sons from his first marriage. Carson along with his 4th wife Alexis celebrated their honeymoon on a cruise ship and the entire celebration cost him around $7 millions. He died in 2005 because of respiratory arrest. He was suffering from emphysema and had suffered many heart attacks before his demise.
