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Wink Martindale, TV Game Show Host, DJ & Hot 100 Hitmaker, Dies at 91

Wink Martindale, who had success as a DJ, radio personality, game show host, and TV producer, died in Rancho Mirage, Calif. on April 15.  He was 91.

Wink Martindale, who had success as a DJ, radio personality, game show host and TV producer, died in Rancho Mirage, California, on Tuesday (April 15). 2 hit for “T” Texas Tyler in 1948 on Billboard ’s Best-Selling Retail Folk Records chart, a forerunner to Hot Country Songs. While at that station, Martindale became the host of the TV show Teenage Dance Party, where Elvis Presley (who would become a friend) made an appearance in June 1956.

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