Jay Leno

television comedian and host
Born: 4/28/1950
Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York

Emmy Award-winning television comedian who has hosted the The Tonight Show since Johnny Carson retired in 1992. Leno started his career as a standup comic and got his break in the early 1980s when he appeared several times on Late Night With David Letterman.


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