Wink Martindale, the legendary game show host, has died. He was 91 and surrounded by his family in Rancho Mirage Tuesday, ...

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has ...

American singer Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) appears with presenter Wink Martindale (left) on Wink's television show 'Teenage Dance Party' in Memphis, Tennessee, 16th June 1956. / Credit: ilver Screen ...

While working at KHJ Radio in 1959, he began hosting “The Wink Martindale Dance Party” on KHJ-TV on Saturdays. The popular show, broadcast from a studio, also began airing weekdays ...

He presided over 20 such programs after forging a radio and TV career in Memphis and becoming pals with Elvis Presley.

Prolific game show host and media personality Wink Martindale, known for popular programs like Tic-Tac-Dough, Gambit, and Teenage Dance Party and for his stylish, affable onscreen persona ...

Legendary game show host Wink Martindale has died ... Presley on a hot July night in 1954." In 1956, Martindale was hosting "Teenage Dance Party" when Presley made an appearance.