Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies at 97
 

This guy kept people in stitches. This article is worth the read.

Art Linkletter, the genial host who parlayed his talent for the ad-libbed interview into two of
television’s longest-running shows, “People Are Funny” and “House Party,” in the 1950s and 1960s,
died on Wednesday at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 97.

Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies at 97 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com