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Joanne– a former Pan Am stewardess (that’s what they were called back then) and model — married Johnny in 1963 — the year after he started hosting “The Tonight Show.” They’d been dating since 1960 … when Johnny was still doing sketch comedy.
They lived together in NYC until they divorced in 1972. Joanne moved back to her native California … and worked in TV talk shows for a while. She was married and divorced once more. Johnny went on to marry two more times.
While living in NYC … Joanne became good friends with famed author Truman Capote. He had a writing room in her L.A. home on Sunset Boulevard, and died there in 1984.
Joanne died in hospice care — she’d been in failing health for some time now … according to the L.A. Times, which first reported her death.
Joanne was 84.
http://ce.ivyrc.com/joanne-carson-dies-2nd-wife-of-johnny-carson-dead-at-84/