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Also Known As John William Carson
Born October 23, 1925 • Iowa
Died January 23, 2005 (aged 79) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Emmy Award • Kennedy Center Honors (1993) • Presidential Medal of Freedom (1992)

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