RIP Merv Griffin

[RGMike]

Prostate cancer, age 82:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/08/12/entertainment/e084341D97.DTL&tsp=1

Funny, because the other day in the supermarket, one of the tabloids screamed "Merv Griffin's secret gay life exposed!".  I'd heard the stories for years (not for nothing was he nicknamed "Merv the Perv") and was amused that they were "exposing" him without waiting for him to actually die.

But hey -- he gave us Jeopardy, so kudos for that.

[mshray]

Prostate cancer, age 82:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/08/12/entertainment/e084341D97.DTL&tsp=1

Funny, because the other day in the supermarket, one of the tabloids screamed "Merv Griffin's secret gay life exposed!".  I'd heard the stories for years (not for nothing was he nicknamed "Merv the Perv") and was amused that they were "exposing" him without waiting for him to actually die.

But hey -- he gave us Jeopardy, so kudos for that.

He didn't just give us Jeopardy, but (little known trivia) he also wrote the theme ditty.