Author of Carson the Magnificent, Mike Thomas, joins Bob Sirott to talk about how the project began, how he knew Bill Zehme, and how Zehme became fascinated with Johnny Carson. He also remember ...

The new biography “Carson the Magnificent” written by Bill Zehme (who finished the book before he died in 2023) with Mike Thomas examines how the famous late-night host behaved around his ...

Bill’s death on March 26, 2023, at age 64, spawned a flurry of local and national obits that paid tribute to him and his unique body of work. “Mr. Zehme bridled at being identified as a ...

Not so with “Carson the Magnificent,” the long-awaited life of the late-night talk show legend Johnny Carson by Bill Zehme, completed by Mike Thomas. Its prologue, written by Thomas ...

When Zehme died on March 26, 2023, he left behind broken hearts and an unfinished book that had bedeviled him for the last ...

Johnny Carson, the man who made “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” an American institution, has been off the late-night air longer than he was on it. For people of a certain age — you ...

"Carson the Magnificent," by Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas. (Simon & Schuster/TNS) For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson was the last face millions of viewers saw ...

If there are ghosts, the ghost of writer Bill Zehme might be found within the Old Town tavern/restaurant Twin Anchors, where he spent many living days and nights and where his face still stares ...