Merv Griffin Photos
Merv Griffin is pictured during the taping of his final show, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Aug. 20, 1986. Griffin, who went from big-band era crooner to fabulously successful TV talk show host before making a fortune as the creator of two of television's most popular game shows and then parlaying that into a billion-dollar hotel empire, died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. He was 82.
(Photo: AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
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