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- Died
- Birth namePeter Gerhard Eduard Lassally
- Peter Lassally started out working for Johnny Carson in the 1970s as the associate producer of "The Tonight Show.", and rose to Executive Producer with Fred De Cordova by 1992. When Carson retired in 1992, Lassally moved to be Executive Producer of David Letterman's NBC night time show "Late Night", co-owned by Carson Productions at the time. He moved with Letterman to CBS to the "Late Show" in 1993. He was later replaced by Letterman writer Rob Burnett as Executive Producer of Late Show.
- IMDb mini biography by: James S. Barr
- SpouseAlice Jeanne Gershon(1960 - August 7, 2019) (her death, 2 children)
- ChildrenAndrea Lassally (Gibbin)
- ParentsPau; LassallyElse Rose Schaefer
- RelativesIrene Lassally (Schwarz)(Sibling)
- Produced both of David Letterman's night time programs "Late Night" and the "Late Show" (when it moved to CBS).
- Even though he was not involved in the day to day production of The Late Show anymore, he was a consultant for Worldwide Pants Inc, the company that produces The Late Show, as well as other ventures.
- Has a daughter Andrea.
- Was a part of TV from the very beginning, joining the NBC page program at age 19 and serving as a Radio City Music Hall usher alongside his pal Regis Philbin. He worked in radio, then moved to Arthur Godfrey's popular program.
- After the rise of the Nazis in Germany, his family fled to the Netherlands, where his sister went to school with Anne Frank.
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