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Wink Martindale, the genial game-show host and an early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91
Legendary game show host Wink Martindale has died. He was 91.
Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as "Gambit" and "Tic-Tac-Dough" who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has died. "Overnight I had gone from the outhouse to the penthouse," he wrote.He presided over the 88-game winning streak of Navy Lt. Thom McKee, who earned over $300,000 in cash and prizes that included eight cars, three sailboats and 16 vacation trips. "In 2017, Martindale appeared in a KFC ad campaign with actor Rob Lowe.He is survived by Sandy, his second wife of 49 years, and children Lisa, Madelyn, Laura and Wink Jr.
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