Westinghouse Broadcasting introduced "The Merv Griffin Show" in 1965 on syndicated TV. Griffin never underestimated the intelligence of his audience, offering such figures as philosopher Bertrand ...

LOS ANGELES — Merv Griffin, the big band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday. He was 82. Griffin ...

While Merv Griffin’s legacy has been summed up in myriad obituaries since his death last month, the final chapter has yet to play out. That process began Monday when “Merv Griffin’s Crosswords” made ...

It happened to Bob Hope, and it was the Associated Press at fault that time. In 1998, the AP mistakenly moved Hope's pre-written obituary on its newswire. Hope, who was 95 at the time, was eating ...

Merv Griffin, a big band singer who became one of television's most popular talk-show hosts and formidable innovators, creating some of the medium's most popular game shows before becoming a major ...