Emily Marshall Cause of Death

Tonight Show Secretary, Emily Marshall who was also the third wife of bandleader Doc Severinsen has been reported dead. She was 79 years old at the time of death.

According to sources, she died of lung cancer at her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on March 17, 2023.

“She was an artist in every sense – a writer, a painter, sculptress – but her greatest passion may have been the love of animals. She belonged to an organization that rescued street dogs, and when she passed, she had sic adopted street dogs of her own. In addition to loving animals, Emily loved people, opera, fine food, and ginger martinis,” Emmy-nominated writer and producer, Barry Kemp said.

Marshall was best known as the third wife of the Tonight Show bandleader, Doc Severinsen. They were married for almost four decades; from 1980 to 2013.

She had earlier been divorced from her previous marriage and had been on the Tonight Show for quite some months when she started dating Severinsen. Unknown to her, the bandleader was married to a woman named Evonne, who stayed behind in New Jersey, while Marshall thought he was “separated and available.”

As a creative, she was also credited for creating the 1988-89 CBS Sitcom show Coming of Age, which features several stars including Phyllis Newman, Alan Young, Paul Dooley, Glynis Johns, Kevin Pollak, and Ruta Lee.

She also created 13 episodes of Newhart on CBS, as well as being the writer for Rhoda on the same network. Some of her works also include WKRP in Cincinnati, Angie on ABC, an episode of The Larry Sanders Show on HBO, and more.

Marshall also worked for Director CY Howard on Lovers and Other Strangers, and the game show Supermarket Sweep with Producer David Susskind.

She was a secretary for a McMillan & Wife producer at Universal before being hired on The Tonight Show in 1972 as de Cordova’s secretary/assistant.

Born in Columbus on March 24, 1943, to a railway executive, Marshall moved to New York and became an NBC guide who sold tickets for the studio tour in the early ’60s to make a living.