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Remembering Wink Martindale
Game show host Wink Martindale, known for programs including “Tic-Tac-Dough” and “Gambit,” died Tuesday at age 91. Earlier in his career, Martindale was a radio DJ. In 1954, Martindale recorded one of the first interviews with Elvis Presley. In this clip from a 2001 interview with WGN Radio’s Steve King and Johnnie Putman, Wink Martindale describes that interview.
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Wink Martindale, game show host and Elvis Presley interviewer, dies at 91
American singer Elvis Presley (1935 – 1977) appears with presenter Wink Martindale (left) on Wink’s television show ‘Teenage Dance Party’ in Memphis, Tennessee, 16th June 1956. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
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Game show host Wink Martindale, known for programs including “Tic-Tac-Dough” and “Gambit,” died Tuesday at age 91. Earlier in his career, Martindale was a radio DJ. In 1954, Martindale recorded one of the first interviews with Elvis Presley. In this clip from a 2001 interview with WGN Radio’s Steve King and Johnnie Putman, Wink Martindale describes that interview.
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