Los Angeles: Joanne Carson, who was the second wife of 'The Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson, has died. She was 83.

Joanne died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday, May 8 and had been in hospice care, reported Ace Showbiz. Born Joanne Copeland, in Los Angeles on October 20, 1931, she worked as a model and Pan Am stewardess. She began dating Johnny Carson in 1960 before they finally tied the knot in 1963.