Former talkshow host and Grammy winner Les Crane, the first to challenge latenight king Johnny Carson, died Sunday of natural causes at Marin County’s Marin General Hospital. He was 74. NYC native and ...

Les Crane, called the “bad boy of late-night television” when he vied for ratings against talk-show king Johnny Carson in the mid-1960s, died of natural causes Sunday at Marin General Hospital north ...

Les Crane, called the “bad boy of late-night television” when he vied for ratings against talk-show king Johnny Carson in the mid-1960s, has died. He was 74. His death of natural causes Sunday at a ...

The Los Angeles Times reports the death of Les Crane, the successful KGO-AM San Francisco talk host who was tapped by ABC Television in 1964 to challenge Johnny Carson with “The Les Crane Show.” That ...

Les Crane, a provocative talk-show host who was the first to challenge the primacy of Johnny Carson on late-night television – and lose – died Sunday in Greenbrae. He was 74 and lived in Belvedere.

Radio host and one-time Johnny Carson talk show rival Les Crane, who found later success as a software developer and publisher, has died at the age of 74. Crane died Sunday of natural causes at a ...

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