A Lasting Legacy
After Carson passed away in 2005, he was cremated and his ashes were given to Alexis Maas, his wife. As per his family’s request, there was no public memorial service held for him, however many tributes followed the news of his passing.
A Lasting Legacy
Memorialized In Print
Writer and intellectual Gore Vidal was one of Johnny Carson’s only friends, and he would frequently appear on The Tonight Show. In 2006, a year after Carson passed away, Vidal wrote about Carson and his personality in his memoir, Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir.
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Memorialized In Print
