What is Jack Paar?
[[File:John F. Kennedy Jack Paar Tonight Show 1959.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Paar with then-senator [[John F. Kennedy]], 1959]] '''Jack Harold Paar''' (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an [[Americans|American]] author, [[radio]] and [[television]] [[comedian]] and talk show host. He is best known as host of ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' from 1957 to 1962. He was born in [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]], [[Ohio]]. Paar died in [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]], [[Connecticut]] from a [[stroke]], aged 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former ‘Tonight’ host Jack Paar dies at 85 |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/4077787/ns/today-entertainment/ |newspaper=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 28, 2004 |access-date=2011-05-19 |archive-date=2012-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001184623/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/4077787/ns/today-entertainment/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * {{IMDb name|0654967}} {{The Tonight Show|state=collapsed}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Paar, Jack}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:American television talk show hosts]] [[Category:Comedians from Ohio]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:Television personalities from Ohio]] [[Category:Writers from Ohio]] [[Category:People from Canton, Ohio]] {{US-bio-stub}}