Lassally and his family survived the Holocaust before moving to the United States ...

Peter Lassally, the dean of late night producers who worked with Johnny Carson on the “Tonight Show,” David Letterman on “Late Show” and Craig Ferguson on “The Late Late Show,” has died. He was 93.

Late-night TV lost a legendary figure this weekend. Peter Lassally, a producer for several shows in the format, died on July 19. He was 93 years old. Lassally began his career in the television ...

A Hollywood giant, Peter Lassally was known as the 'host whisperer' for his work with Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson.

Peter Lassally, a Holocaust survivor who was a pivotal figure in late-night television for nearly half a century as a top producer of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," "Late Show With David ...

Peter Lassally, the fabled TV executive for such late-night hosts as Johnny Carson and David Letterman, and a mentor for many rising comedians, died July 19, 2026 at age 93. In this March 11, 2018 ...

Peter Lassally, a legendary late-night television producer who worked with Johnny Carson, David Letterman, and Craig Ferguson, died on Sunday, July 19, his family announced, per The Hollywood Reporter ...

Peter Lassally, a producer who worked on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and "Late Night With David Letterman," has died.

Lassally came to the United States after he, his sister and his mother survived the Holocaust Lassally was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1932. His Jewish family fled to the Netherlands in 1938, where, ...

The "Host Whisperer" started out with Arthur Godfrey, spent 23 years with 'The Tonight Show' and engineered Dave's move to CBS.