CHICAGO - The greatest star in the history of late-night television is being remembered with a special exhibit in Chicago.

After being closed for a couple of years, Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications is reopening in a new pop-up location in the West Loop with a salute to the king of late night.

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For more than 30 years, tens of millions of Americans ended their day by tuning in to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson until Carson’s retirement in 1992.

Now, as a special anniversary approaches, Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications is opening a major new exhibit on the history of late-night television.

"We are looking at the legacy of Johnny Carson," said Dave Plier, the museum’s executive director. "He turns 100 years old on Thursday, which is when we

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