Late-night talk show pioneer Tom Snyder dies of leukemia

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/31/SNYDER.TMP

Tom Snyder, the late-night talk show host whose free-form program and intimate interviewing style influenced a generation of broadcasters, died in his Tiburon home nearly two years after he announced he had chronic lymphatic leukemia.

Snyder, who was 71, died Sunday from complications from leukemia, associates said. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be private.

Best known for his 1973-82 stint as host of NBC's "The Tomorrow Show," which aired after Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show," Snyder showed that the wee hours of weeknight mornings didn't have to ceded to B-grade movies and reruns. There he showed how conversation -- be it goofy, serious, provocative and occasionally edgy -- could be compelling on its own.

With the camera pulled in tight on his face, the screen filled with the cigarette smoke from the host and often his guests, Snyder created a living-room atmosphere that allowed conversation partners such as John Lennon or Howard Stern to relax in ways they didn't on other programs.

The Clash - Interview with Tom Synder 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVygiX0KEEw

Tom Snyder's TOMORROW Show - w/3 Star Trek cast members Pt.4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSHDP1fgTDs

Tom Snyder Interview with Billy Corgan pt.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S88PcGqfYo4

[blues90]

1. That's sad , so many people I remember well are gone now

Even though it's one person gone it is a big loss . I think or all the great people who died this year alone , the good always seem to die young . There is never going to be people to replace them , not anymore .

[MADem]

2. I remember that program. He was quite the screen filler, was Tom. NT

[Rick Myers]

3. "Fire up a colortini and watch as the pictures fly thru the air..."

Godspeed Tom!!!

The smoking lamp is lit in Heaven!!!

He was one of my heroes!!!

O8)

[seemslikeadream]

4. Tom Snyder Productions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wsDmRRbYAs