- Appeared on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), continually saying "You Don't Say!" - title of the game show he was hosting at the time.
- Good friends with comedian Vicki Lawrence.
- Was Mark Goodson's first choice as host of Super Password (1984), but the job was ultimately given to fellow game show host, Bert Convy, who was a panelist on Password Plus (1979). Kennedy was busy hosting Body Language (1983), at the time, which was also produced by Mark Goodson.
- Ex-brother-in-law of Bill Cullen and Ann Cullen.
- He was the younger brother of Jack Narz.
- Born as James Edward Narz, James had moved to Los Angeles from Louisville, Kentucky. to pursue a career in broadcast, and after working in radio, he began hosting game shows in the 1950s. In order to avoid confusion with his brother Jack Narz, also a host, he changed his name to Tom Kennedy.
- On a taping of the syndicated The Price is Right (1972), early on, when one of his contestants played the Race Game, much due to the malfunction of the clock, the same contestant got cocky when she thought she got all 4 prizes right, the first time, when she didn't know she made a mistake, so, while the producers adjusted the contestants' time on the clock, host Kennedy asked her to make more changes. Much due to the malfunction, she won all the prizes.
- Friends with: Betty White, Vicki Lawrence, Bill Cullen, Bob Barker, Richard Dawson, Bob Eubanks, Alex Trebek, Bill Rafferty, Fred Travalena, Peter Tomarken, Geoff Edwards, Wink Martindale, Peter Marshall, Chuck Woolery, Pat Sajak, Monty Hall, Regis Philbin, Jack Narz, Jim Lange, Dick Clark, Bert Convy, Jim Perry, Gene Rayburn, Mark Goodson, Jack Barry, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ruta Lee, Abby Dalton, Jane Wyman and Jamie Farr.
- Mentor and friend of Kathie Lee Gifford.
- Survived by his two daughters, Countney, and Linda, one son Edward, Jr. and sister, Mary and one granddaughter.
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