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Hail Merv Griffin!
This man of many talents was a big band singer, movie actor, and talk show host. He’s also a TV game show legend; fans of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune know him best as the creator of these two classic and beloved shows.
It was actually Griffin’s wife, Julann, who conceived the idea for She observed that there had not been a successful “question and answer” game on television