STAN KANN REMEMBERS JOHNNY CARSON

Musician Stan Kann, a regular guest on the "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," holds an antique 1932 Hoover vacuum cleaner as he talks about his visits to the Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson, in his south St. Louis home on January 26, 2005. Kann, a renowned concert theater organist, appeared on the show 77 times in 20 years, usually with housewares and his famous collection of vacuum cleaners. Johnny Carson died on January 23 at the age of 79. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

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