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 ...

It happened to Bob Hope, and it was the Associated Press at fault that time. In 1998, the AP mistakenly moved Hope's pre-written obituary on its newswire. Hope, who was 95 at the time, was eating ...

Many local friends of Merv Griffin are mourning his death. Tony Danza, who joined "The Producers" on Monday, said Griffin gave him his first TV job and first live act. Griffin and Kirk Kerkorian ...

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.