Peter Lassally dead: Hollywood TV legend dies as devastated family issue statement [6ty7eQLjhCw]
Peter Lassally dead: Hollywood TV legend dies as devastated family issue statement. Legendary producer Peter Lassally has died at the age of 93. A Hollywood giant, he was often referred to as the 'host whisperer,' and was famed for producing The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Late Night with David Letterman, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Confirming the news of his passing, Lassally's son Tom told The Hollywood Reporter that his father had died from natural causes on July 19. He had been living in a memory care facility in LA.