'People Are Funny' host Art Linkletter dies

[pollyannaish]

Associated Press:

The Associated Press
Posted: 05/26/2010 12:13:00 PM PDT
Updated: 05/26/2010 12:13:00 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES—Art Linkletter, who hosted the popular TV shows "People Are Funny" and "House Party" in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97.
His son-in-law Art Hershey says Linkletter died Wednesday at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles.
Linkletter was known on TV for his funny interviews with children and ordinary folks. He also collected their comments in a number of best-selling books.
In the 1960s, Linkletter became an outspoken anti-drug crusader after his daughter's suicide, which he blamed on LSD use although an autopsy found none of the drug in her body.
A record recorded before her death that discussed family values won a 1970 Grammy award.

[Pepper]

Rest in Peace, Art. Thank you for all the good times and memories.

[Valin]