Randy Paar

Randy Paar was born in Los Angeles on March 2, 1949, and grew up in Bronxville, N.Y. She is remembered by many 1950s and '60s television viewers as the cute, precocious girl whom her father, the late-night talk-show host Jack Paar, introduced to a national audience in his monologues and home movies. Paar had Randy on the show frequently, spoke of her when she wasn't there and showed home movies of her antics. On one show he discoursed about her adjustment to a training bra. Randy Paar was also linked to the Beatles' historic first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964, when Mr. Sullivan said the Beatles had dedicated the songs they performed to Johnny Carson, the columnist Earl Wilson and Randy. When she knew she was going to Harvard, she requested a roommate who did not know anything about her family. She was paired with a foreign student. She earned degrees from Harvard and New York University Law School. During law school she worked at the United States attorney's office in Manhattan. In 1975-76, she clerked for the Manhattan federal judge Lloyd F. McMahon. In private legal practice Ms. Paar specialized in representing businesses suing insurance companies to get more money to cover damages claims. In one well-known case she represented W. R. Grace in recovering insurance money for asbestos and environmental claims. She won a number of national legal awards and earned a reputation as a persuasive litigator, never losing a case in court, Ms. Cohen said. Ms. Paar was found at Grand Central Station. She appeared to have fallen backward onto the track and hit her head and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, Ms. Paar died there three days later. She may have had a stroke or seizure before tumbling onto the track. Investigators don't know what lead to her fall. Ms. Paar was a longtime resident of Greenwich, Conn. Her marriage to Stephen Wells ended in divorce this year. She is survived by her son, Andrew.