Mervyn Edward “Merv” Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, singer, and media mogul behind Merv Griffin Enterprises. He was best known for hosting the Goodson/Todman classic, Play Your Hunch, and for creating the two long-running hit series, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Griffin was diagnosed with prostate cancer and died on August 12, 2007. Today his company (now called The Griffin Group) is run by executives who worked for Merv for decades prior to his death.
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| - Mervyn Edward “Merv” Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, singer, and media mogul behind Merv Griffin Enterprises. He was best known for hosting the Goodson/Todman classic, Play Your Hunch, and for creating the two long-running hit series, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Griffin was diagnosed with prostate cancer and died on August 12, 2007. Today his company (now called The Griffin Group) is run by executives who worked for Merv for decades prior to his death.
- Singer ("I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"), Talk Show host (The Merv Griffin Show), and television producer who created several Game Shows and wrote almost all the music they used. Merv passed away in 2007.
- Merv Griffin was a television producer, talk show host, actor and game show creator. He died August 12, 2007 after having been sued a few times for "palimony" by two guys. He never denied being gay (except when it was fashionable to do so) and told people, who asked, to find something more interesting to talk about rather than the sex life of an 80-year-old man. As if there is such a thing! This article is a stub. You can get a Tip of the Hat* from Stephen by adding only truthiness to it.*Tip of the Hat not guaranteed.
- In the latter format, Jim Henson and the Muppets guest starred, first in 1977, and then in a 1984 episode, to promote The Muppets Take Manhattan, in which Griffin joined Kermit and Miss Piggy in singing "Theme from New York, New York". Griffin's other accomplishments include a brief film acting stint in the 1950s, and producing such game shows as Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (for which he composed the theme songs), and the 1990 series Monopoly.
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| - Mervyn Edward “Merv” Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, singer, and media mogul behind Merv Griffin Enterprises. He was best known for hosting the Goodson/Todman classic, Play Your Hunch, and for creating the two long-running hit series, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Griffin was diagnosed with prostate cancer and died on August 12, 2007. Today his company (now called The Griffin Group) is run by executives who worked for Merv for decades prior to his death.
- Singer ("I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"), Talk Show host (The Merv Griffin Show), and television producer who created several Game Shows and wrote almost all the music they used. Merv passed away in 2007.
- Merv Griffin was a television producer, talk show host, actor and game show creator. He died August 12, 2007 after having been sued a few times for "palimony" by two guys. He never denied being gay (except when it was fashionable to do so) and told people, who asked, to find something more interesting to talk about rather than the sex life of an 80-year-old man. As if there is such a thing! This article is a stub. You can get a Tip of the Hat* from Stephen by adding only truthiness to it.*Tip of the Hat not guaranteed.
- In the latter format, Jim Henson and the Muppets guest starred, first in 1977, and then in a 1984 episode, to promote The Muppets Take Manhattan, in which Griffin joined Kermit and Miss Piggy in singing "Theme from New York, New York". Griffin's other accomplishments include a brief film acting stint in the 1950s, and producing such game shows as Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (for which he composed the theme songs), and the 1990 series Monopoly.
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