Perry Cross Obituary

Popular TV producer, Perry Cross, who was known for producing The Tonight Show has been reported dead. He died of kidney cancer. He was 95 years at the time of his death.

He produced several shows during his career. Some of these shows include; The Red Skelton Hour, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Soupy Sales Show, Life With Linkletter, The Gary Moore Show, and more. He also worked closely with Jonathan Winters for his specials.

Cross was also the producer of Carson on the daytime quiz show, Who Do You Trust? on NBC. The two became very close and hang out together oftentimes.

“We went out every night, we went to different places, we laughed,” Cross shared during an episode on The Carson Podcast.

”We were all drinkers in those days. That didn’t hurt,” he added.

However, Cross had to quit NBC because they refused to increase his salary. After his exit, 40 episodes that were in the pipeline were so disastrous to the extent that they have to cancel it entirely.

However, Cross on the other hand also regretted leaving.

”I’ve often thought back, to tell you the truth, that I made a big mistake by leaving, but that’s hindsight. Who knows what would’ve happened later on if I’d have gotten too cocky and he got mad at me,” Cross said.