Stan Burns

Bio: An Emmy award-winning comedy writer who worked for some of the best in the business, Stan Burns' material graced the lips of such luminaries as Carol Burnett, Milton Berle, and the Smothers Brothers. The first writer for The Tonight Show, the New York-born funnyman would stick by that show's original host, Steve Allen, for Allen's entire career. On November 5,… More Bio: An Emmy award-winning comedy writer who worked for some of the best in the business, Stan Burns' material graced the lips of such luminaries as Carol Burnett, Milton Berle, and the Smothers Brothers. The first writer for The Tonight Show, the New York-born funnyman would stick by that show's original host, Steve Allen, for Allen's entire career. On November 5, 2002, Stan Burns died of heart failure in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 79. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi