Late-night talk show pioneer Jack Paar died Tuesday. He was 85. In his five years hosting the Tonight Show before the Johnny Carson era, Paar became famous for big-name interviews and occasionally ...

This is a partial transcript of "The Big Story With John Gibson", Jan. 27, 2004, that has been edited for clarity. PAT SAJAK, TV PERSONALITY: Well, we forget, just looking at that old piece of ...

Jack Paar, host of the the Tonight show from 1957 to 1962, died Tuesday at 85. Paar was replaced by Johnny Carson and then hosted his own weekly prime time show on NBC. "My show was different, because ...

Jack Paar, who kept millions of Americans up past their bedtimes as the mercurial host of “The Tonight Show” in the late 1950s and early ‘60s and set the standard for the talk-show format with his ...

In one of the contemporary interviews on the three-DVD The Jack Paar Collection set, a former NBC page tells a story about Paar's appeal: On the night that the talk-show host famously walked off The ...

Jack Paar, the man who essentially began late-night talk on television, died. The NewsHour airs a clip from his days of hosting NBC's "Tonight Show." Before we go tonight, remembering Jack Paar, who ...

Late-night talk-show legend Jack Paar, the droll, suave and unpredictably passionate host of "The Jack Paar Tonight Show" from 1957 to 1962 and "The Jack Paar Program" from 1962 to 1965, died after a ...

GREENWICH Jack Paar, the smart-aleck comic who pioneered late-night talk on "The Tonight Show" in the 1950s and paved the way for Johnny Carson and others before walking away from television while ...

Jack Paar is dead at 85. The Associated Press reports he died in Greenwich, Ct., quoting family members. Paar is best known as the pioneering late-night host of TV’s “The Tonight Show,” preceding ...

SOUTH EGREMONT — Television star Jack Paar learned to ski yesterday at Catamount ski area here. It was his first visit to the Berkshires and his first time on skis. By the end of the day he was ...

Jack Paar, the smart-alec comic who pioneered late-night talk on "The Tonight Show" in the 1950s and paved the way for Johnny Carson and others before walking away from television while still in his ...

GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Jack Paar, who brought sophisticated humor to late-night TV as the host of "The Tonight Show" nearly 50 years ago, has died following a long illness. He was 85. Paar ...