Tom Snyder: R.I.P.

Television legend (and former New Yorker) Tom Snyder has passed away. He was 71 and publicly announced in 2005 that he had chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Best known for his long-running show Tomorrow with Tom Snyder, his unique interviewing style made for some of the best television moments of the 1970s. A self proclaimed “standup philosopher,” one of the high points of his show was a 1979 interview with the rock band Kiss:

The most outrageous interview seen on Snyder’s show occurred on Halloween 1979, when the rock band KISS appeared to promote their album Dynasty.

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