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I don't think it's you that changes with success - it's the people around you who change. Because of your new status, they change in relation to you.

Johnny Carson

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Johnny Carson
Age: 79 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 23
Died: 2005
Died: January 23
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John William Carson
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