For several years, Griffin was frequently seen in the company of actress Eva Gabor, who died in 1995. "I'm very upset at the news. He was a very close friend of ours, a good friend of mine and a good ...

LOS ANGELES -- Merv Griffin, the big-band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday. He was 82. Griffin ...

Merv Griffin ambles through the lobby of his Beverly Hilton Hotel, his publicist, company vice president and beloved Shar-Pei in tow. He greets staff by name and cracks one-liners, seemingly unfazed ...

Merv Griffin, a big band singer who became one of television's most popular talk-show hosts and formidable innovators, creating some of the medium's most popular game shows before becoming a major ...

Merv Griffin, who parlayed his start as a band singer and talkshow host into career as a gameshow mogul and resort tycoon worth well over $1 billion, died of prostate cancer in Los Angeles on Sunday.