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Dick Carson, Emmy-Winning Director and Brother of Johnny Carson, Dies at 92
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dick-carson-dead-director-johnny-carson-1235071987/After helming 'The Tonight Show' in New York, he spent nearly three decades calling the shots for Merv Griffin's talk show and game show 'Wheel of Fortune.'
Dick Carson, the five-time Emmy-winning director who helmed installments of The Merv Griffin Show, Wheel of Fortune and, for his older brother, Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, has died. He was 92.
Carson died Dec. 19 at his home in Studio City after a brief illness, his family announced.
Dick Carson moved from Los Angeles to New York to direct The Tonight Show soon after Johnny had informed him that he had been hired to succeed Jack Paar on the NBC late-night program in 1962.
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