Leno, a regular customer, was recognized by the newsstand owner, John Fokianos, who readied a copy of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Sunday edition, and a racing form.

Fokianos was the last person, aside from the killers, to see the LaBiancas alive.

The Fokianos sports facility lies across Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue, and adjacent to it are located the Athens tennis club, the Ethnikos athletics track, the Federation swimming pool, the remnants of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, and Hadrian's Gate.

Jay Leno briefly lived in his car upon first arriving in LA and performing at the club.

Watson then began stabbing Leno repeatedly, only stopping briefly when Leno screamed, " Stop stabbing me!

* 1969 – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

The murders of Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca by Charles Manson and his " family " of followers, claiming to have been inspired by Beatles ' songs such as " Helter Skelter ", has been seen as contributing to an anti-hippie backlash.

Atkins also revealed that the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, the night after the Tate murders, were also committed by Family members, and incriminated Leslie Van Houten as a participant in the second murder.

Another shock came in the form of the Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca murders committed in August 1969 by Charles Manson and his " family " of followers.

In 1971, he was convicted of the murders of Sharon Tate, Steven Parent, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski and Jay Sebring, which took place in the early hours of August 9, 1969, in the Tate residence in Benedict Canyon, and the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca at the LaBianca residence in Los Feliz the following night.

Performers in the original theatre included George Formby, Sr., Harry Tate, Dan Leno, Florrie Forde, The Two Bobs, and Wilson, Keppel and Betty.

Dohrn was criticized for comments she made about the murders of actress Sharon Tate and retail store owners Leno and Rosemary LaBianca by the Charles Manson clan.

During the murders of Sharon Tate, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, Gary Hinman and others, the words ' political piggy ', ' pig ' and ' death to pigs ' were written with the victims ' blood on the walls.

Leslie Louise Van Houten ( born August 23, 1949 ) is a former member of Charles Manson's " Family " who was convicted of the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

Pasqualino Antonio " Leno " LaBianca ( August 6, 1925 – August 10, 1969 ) and his wife Rosemary LaBianca ( December 15, 1930 – August 10, 1969 ) were victims of the Manson Family murders.

At times Late Show even came in third in its timeslot ( behind Nightline, most recently in November 2008 ), once prompting Letterman to arrange for a Manhattan billboard proudly declaring himself and his show to be "# 3 in Late Night ," aping an older, nearby billboard which promoted Leno and The Tonight Show as # 1.

The Letterman / Leno feud was revived in the wake of the 2010 Tonight Show conflict, which saw Letterman side with O ' Brien.

On June 1, 1998, CNBC Asia added CNBC Sports which it aired weekend afternoons and in October 1998, it also started airing selected episodes of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O ' Brien on weekend evenings as CNBC Asia was replaced by the National Geographic Channel.

Henry moved to Maui in 1971 thus establishing himself in all the show rooms in the hotels and produced many jazz concerts over the years with the likes of Shorty Rodgers, Bud Shank, Lonne Smith, Gary Grant, Jay Leno Horns ,( Chuck Findley, Ralph Moore, Slyde Richard Hyde ) Gabe Baltazar and a series for Lana ' i, called Jazz Under the Stars, of which the famous Howard Rumsey of the Hermosa Beach Light House fame was a part.

He also had a rivalry with Jay Leno, after the latter was named host of The Tonight Show, during which Hall said that he would " kick Jay's ass " in the ratings game.

The series, which followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors ( an opening monologue followed by comedy routines, interviews and performances ), ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by Conan O ' Brien.

Neither O ' Brien's version of the program, which premiered June 1, 2009, nor The Jay Leno Show generated the ratings that NBC had expected.

On December 9, 2008, it was announced that Jay Leno would be hosting a new nightly show in September, 2009, which aired at 10 pm EST, during the network's prime time period.

Immediately following the last performance segment, Leno walks on camera to thank the performers, bid farewell to the audience and recommends watching Late Night which immediately follows The Tonight Show.

The hiring of Melendez, which was carried out by Jay without Stern's knowledge, prompted a rift between Stern and Leno.

" The appearance is notable as it resulted in the first episode in which Leno beat CBS rival David Letterman.

Leno also did a segment searching for a new desk, an element which was not implemented into his primetime show.

* Tito was portrayed by Gerrick Winston in the 2004 film Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story, the biopic of Michael Jackson which first aired on VH1 and was satirized by comedian Aries Spears in an episode of MadTV that featured La Toya Jackson as she played in a skit attacking TV host Jay Leno for his constant jokes on her family.

* Jay Leno appears in the season-three episode " J. J. in Trouble ", which was one of the first times that the subject of STDs ( then referred to as " VD ") was addressed on a primetime television series

This was the first time that Leno used his stepfather's stage name, " Leno ", which he never registered legally.

Another of their sketches was Torpedo Bill, in which Leno played the title role, an inventor of explosive devices.

There, he met Lydia Reynolds, who, in 1883, joined the Leno family theatre company, which already consisted of his parents, Danvers and Leno.

The pantomime was a success, and Leno received rave reviews ; as a result, he was booked to star as Tinpanz the Tinker in the following year's pantomime, which had the unique title of Sinbad and the Little Old Man of the Sea, Or, The Tinker, the Tailor, the Soldier, the Sailor, Apothecary, Ploughboy, Gentleman Thief.

Mother Goose provided Leno with one of the most challenging roles of his career, in which he was required to portray the same woman in several different guises.

In 1898, Leno, Herbert Campbell and Johnny Danvers formed a consortium to build the Granville Theatre in Fulham, which was demolished in 1971.

Leno was an active fundraiser in this and in the Music Hall Benevolent Fund, of which he became President.

Near the end of his life, Leno co-founded The Music Hall Artistes Railway Association, which entered a partnership with the Water Rats to form music hall's first trade union.

He told Jay Leno on the July 24, 2008, airing of The Tonight Show that he had to wait approximately 90 minutes for paramedics to arrive.

Ebert had pre-taped enough TV programs with his co-host Richard Roeper to keep him on the air for a few weeks ; his extended convalescence necessitated a series of " guest critics " to co-host with Roeper: Jay Leno, Kevin Smith, John Ridley, Toni Senecal, Christy Lemire, Michael Phillips, Aisha Tyler, Fred Willard, Anne Thompson, A. O.

In 1994, Jay Leno interviewed Hopper about Easy Rider on The Tonight Show, and during the interview, Hopper alleged that Torn had pulled a knife on him during the altercation, prompting Torn to sue Hopper successfully for defamation.

Letterman, who had hoped to get the hosting job of The Tonight Show following Johnny Carson's retirement, moved to CBS in 1993, when the job was given to Jay Leno.

On June 1, 2009, Conan O ' Brien ( who had succeeded Letterman as host of Late Night in 1993 ) took over as host of The Tonight Show — an event Letterman referenced in his own show's Top Ten List on that night — and Letterman's " feud " with Leno temporarily ceased.

( In a Jay Leno interview, Joaquin said he had originally called himself Antleaf as a child ; it's unclear if he was being serious.

Carson himself had always favored Letterman ; notably Carson, who had previously been interviewed by Letterman, made two appearances on Letterman's rival CBS show, made no mention of Leno during his final shows and regularly sent Letterman monologue jokes in his final years.

Despite the situation Leno called into the show that morning claiming that Howard had " gone beyond the acceptable standards ".

Leno had questioned whether a show that regularly poked fun at the government could continue after the attacks, but in his monologue he explained that he saw the show as a respite from the grim news of the world, akin to a cookie or glass of lemonade handed to a firefighter.

" The final telecast of the first incarnation of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno had the show's highest overnight household rating for a Friday episode in the comedian's 17-year run as host of Tonight, averaging an 8. 8 rating in metered-market households.

The contract that both NBC and SIC had wasn't expired by the time The Tonight Show with Conan O ' Brien got cancelled, so the network received the rights to exhibit The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

On February 8, 2010, he appeared on an episode of The Jay Leno Show, wherein he had pies thrown at him by Leno and guest Emma Roberts.

Although only one network ( NBC, with its The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and later Late Night with David Letterman ) had a successful late-night talk show until 1992, the field greatly expanded beginning with Carson's retirement and the controversial selection of Jay Leno as Tonights new host.

Having had very little schooling, and being raised by performers, Leno learned to entertain as a child.

His dancing had earned him popularity in the provinces, but Leno found that his London audiences preferred these sketches and his comic songs.

By this time, Leno was much in demand and had bookings for the next three years.

Leno appeared at Drury Lane as Sister Anne in Bluebeard, a character described by Wood as " a sprightly, somewhat below middle aged person who was of a coming on disposition and who had not yet abandoned hope " The Times drama critic noted: " It is a quite peculiar and original Sister Anne, who dances breakdowns and sings strange ballads to a still stranger harp and plays ping-pong with a frying-pan and potatoes and burlesques Sherlock Holmes and wears the oddest of garments and dresses her hair like Miss Morleena Kenwigs, and speaks in a piping voice – in short it is none other than Dan Leno whom we all know ".

Despite his jubilation, Leno was conscious of the few negative reviews he had received and rejected all later offers to tour the United States and Australia.

After the performance, Leno reported, " The King, the Queen and the Prince of Wales all very kindly shook hands with me and told me how much they had enjoyed it.