Johnny Carson's philanthropy continues posthumously

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The former Tonight Show host, who died in 2005, set up a foundation in 1988 that has continued to receive a reported $156 million from a personal trust established by Carson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Smoking Gun obtained a 2010 tax return which indicates that the John W. Carson Foundation received $32.5 million in cash and $121.2 million in securities and royal rights from the John W. Carson Trust. Carson’s foundation supports a variety of organizations, including Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and Planned Parenthood.

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paul
Mon 08/09/10 1:25 PM

Remember Bette Midler as Johnny Carson’s last guest? Gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.

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TQB
Mon 08/09/10 1:56 PM

Bless you, Johnny, for all the years of laughter and your continued generosity.

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Clete
Mon 08/09/10 1:57 PM

Just saw the obit about Patricia Neal, class act. Here is another one, Johnny Carson, still doing good years after his death. I guess I old, I can remember when stars were stars, now we have Lady Gaga and Will Ferrell.

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Arlene
Mon 08/09/10 2:11 PM

Smoking Gun & THR both report 1988 not 1998 as the year the foundation was set up. Please fix your error.

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