Editing Carson Daly (section)

==Early life==
Daly was born in [[Santa Monica, California]],<ref name=biography.com /> the son of [[Coachella Valley]] TV personality Pattie Daly Caruso (1944–2017), and car salesman Jim "J.D." Daly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stump |first=Scott |date=2018-03-28 |title=Carson Daly posts sweet birthday message to his late mother: 'She was special' |url=https://www.today.com/parents/carson-daly-posts-sweet-message-his-late-mother-t126026 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=TODAY.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| work= [[The Riverside Press-Enterprise]] |url=http://www.pe.com/entertainment/quickhits/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_buzz1128.2638dae.html |title=The Buzz Monday |date=November 27, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100209113147/http://www.pe.com/entertainment/quickhits/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_buzz1128.2638dae.html |archive-date=February 9, 2010 }}</ref><ref>[https://ilm/66/Carson-Daly.html Carson Daly]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Filmreference.com (April 2010).</ref> His mother is from [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]], [[North Carolina]].<ref name= inspired>{{cite web| url= http://www.today.com/news/carson-daly-inspiredby-his-mother-breast-cancer-survivor-2D11591247| date= November 14, 2013| title= Carson Daly #InspiredBy his mother, a breast cancer survivor| first= Scott| last= Stump| website=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]|access-date= February 8, 2017}}</ref> His father died from bladder cancer when Carson was a child, and his mother married Richard Caruso (1932–2017).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=richard-caruso-dick&pid=187113120|title = Richard "Dick" Caruso Obituary (1932–2017) Los Angeles Times|website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref><ref name= inspired />

Daly attended [[Santa Monica High School]] and was a member of the school's golf team before graduating in 1991. He attended [[Loyola Marymount University]] in Los Angeles but dropped out to pursue a pro golf career.<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web |title=Carson Daly Biography: Television Host (1973–) | url= http://www.biography.com/people/carson-daly|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]]) | access-date= December 28, 2015|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181106223829/https://www.biography.com/people/carson-daly|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is of [[Irish American|Irish]] descent<ref name="COB20080312" /> and has worked with [[Guinness]] on local "Proposition 3–17" to make [[Saint Patrick's Day]] an official holiday.<ref name="COB20080312">{{cite episode|title=Late Night with Conan O'Brien Interview|series=Late Night with Conan O'Brien|airdate=March 12, 2008}}</ref> Daly served as an intern to [[Jimmy Kimmel]] in radio.<ref name="Variety Q&A">{{cite magazine|last1=Kissell|first1=Rick|title=Q&A: Carson Daly on Casey Kasem, 'The Voice' and 'TRL'|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/features/carson-daly-the-voice-casey-kasem-trl-1201307215/|access-date=July 13, 2015|magazine=Variety|date=September 18, 2014|ref=Variety Q&A}}</ref> He began his radio career at [[College of the Desert]] and as an intern at the former KCMJ FM (now [[KKUU]]) under the name "Kid Carson".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stepupforcod.com/view-stories/?n=51 |title=College of the Desert Foundation |website=stepupforcod.com |access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref>