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From: Associated Press Tom Snyder, the man known among KISS fans for his brilliant and most famous of all interviews with the band, dies at age 71. ACE FREHLEY stole the show on this clip taped on 10/31/79. Tom will be missed by all of us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mycEpfqtzqE. Associated Press - Talk show host Tom Snyder, whose smoke-filled interviews were a staple of late night television, has died after a struggle with leukemia. He was 71. Snyder died Sunday in San Francisco from complications associated with leukemia, said his longtime producer and friend Mike Horowicz. Known for his improvised, casual style and robust laughter, Snyder conducted a number of memorable interviews as host of NBC's "The Tomorrow Show." Among his guests were John Lennon, Charles Manson and Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. Snyder began his career as a radio reporter in Milwaukee in the 1960s, then moved into local television news. He anchored newscasts in Philadelphia and Los Angeles before moving to late night. He gained more fame when Dan Ackroyd lampooned him in the early days of Saturday Night Live. In 1972, Snyder left news to host "The Tomorrow Show," which followed "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. Among his most-famous interviews was a 1979 candid chat with the legendary rock group KISS where a drunken ACE FREHLEY's unpredictable antics and comments reportedly led to a tremendous argument backstage after the show. His catch phrase for the show was: "Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air." Snyder smoked throughout his show, the cigarette cloud swirling around him during interviews. In 1995, he returned to late night television as the host of "The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder" on CBS. The program followed David Letterman's "Late Show" until 1998, when Snyder was replaced by Craig Kilborn. Snyder announced on his Web site in 2005 that he had chronic lymphocytic leukemia. "When I was a kid leukemia was a death sentence," he wrote then. "Now, my doctors say it's treatable!" |
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