Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 26, 1993 TAG: 9305260251
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Carson, who retired from NBC's "Tonight" show a year ago, made the rare public appearance at a luncheon in New York City. He received an award from the nonprofit Center for Communication, which stages seminars on media issues for college students.
Referring to Clinton's pricey trim last week by Beverly Hills stylist Cristophe, Carson wondered, "How can a populist go from a barber with three names to a guy with one?"
The luncheon drew top broadcasting, news and advertising figures, as well as former Carson sidekicks Ed McMahon, producer Fred De Cordova and even Skitch Henderson, who was the "Tonight" bandleader in the early 1960s.
Carson was introduced by "Nightline" anchorman Ted Koppel, who hailed the comic for "giving pleasure to millions, night after night, for 30 years. Some of us have trouble giving pleasure to one person a couple of times a month."
Country singer Razzy Bailey says his wife's suicide has left him devastated and searching for inspiration.
"She was my center of everything," he said.
Police found Sandra Bailey, 51, dead in her home April 18. She had shot herself with a gun Bailey gave her for protection.
In an interview in Monday's Decatur (Ala.) Daily, the singer said his wife had been struggling with alcoholism, and he believes she is at peace now.
"She's better off," he said. "That makes me able to accept it."
Oliver Stone's wife, Elizabeth Stone, filed for divorce and is seeking custody of their two children.
The couple married in 1981 and separated Sunday, said her divorce petition, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
"It's a private matter and I have no comment," the filmmaker said.
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