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Peter Lassally

Biography

Peter Lassally

Overview

  • Born
    October 14, 1932 · Hamburg, Germany
  • Died
    July 19, 2026 · Los Angeles, California, USA (Natural Causes)
  • Birth name
    Peter Gerhard Eduard Lassally

Biography

  • 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

Family

  • Spouse
      Alice Jeanne Gershon(1960 - August 7, 2019) (her death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Andrea Lassally (Gibbin)
      Tom Lassally
  • Parents
      Pau; Lassally
      Else Rose Schaefer
  • Relatives
      Irene Lassally (Schwarz)(Sibling)

Trivia

  • 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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