TALK-SHOW HOST TOM SNYDER DEAD AT 71
July 30, 2007 - 6:22 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Tom Snyder, whose smoke-filled interviews were a staple of late night television and an inspiration for Dan Aykroyd on "Saturday Night Live," has died after a struggle with leukemia. He was 71.
Snyder died Sunday in San Francisco from complications associated with leukemia, his longtime producer and friend Mike Horowicz told The Associated Press on Monday.
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