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Tom Johnson, ‘The Daily Show’ Writer, Dies at 55


Tom Johnson, a writer and comedian whose credits include 'The Daily Show,' 'Lopez Tonight' and 'The Jeselnik Offensive,' has died. He was 55.

Tom Johnson, a writer and comedian whose credits include “ The Daily Show,” “Lopez Tonight” and “The Jeselnik Offensive,” died Jan. 14 in his Los Angeles home. Johnson was hired on the original staff of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with host Craig Kilborn in 1996. Johnson is survived by his wife Rozie Bacchi; sisters Pamela Dawn Foels and Cindy Johnson Doerr; brothers-in-law Stephen Foels and Steve Doerr; nieces Jennifer Lynne Sims, Amanda Jean Strathman, Brooke Alexandra Beck and their spouses; and great nieces Cameron Hazel Sims and Zoey Violet Strathman.

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