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Jack Paar, at 85; witty host reshaped late-night television

By Mark Feeney
Globe Staff / January 28, 2004

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Jack Paar, who as host of "The Tonight Show" from 1957 to 1962 effectively created the late-night talk show as a television genre, died yesterday at his home in Greenwich, Conn. He was 85 and had suffered a stroke last year. (Full Article: 929 Words)

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