TV mogul Merv Griffin died Sunday after a battle with prostate cancer. Aug. 12, 2007 — -- He was a singer, actor, television personality and one of the most influential talk show hosts in ...

Merv Griffin didn’t have the name “Jeopardy!” in mind for the iconic game show when he created the concept. In fact, he had a wildly different title picked out.

Pianist Roger Williams, a frequent guest on “The Merv Griffin Show” “Working with Merv will always be the highlight of my career. He was the ultimate entertainer, businessman and teacher.

Merv Griffin died in 2007, but he lives on in TV history thanks to having created the remarkably durable game shows Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. He even composed the iconic Jeopardy theme song.

Tony Griffin will appear at the Paley Center for Media’s tribute “The Art of Talk: The Merv Griffin Show — A Look Back” on Wednesday in Beverly Hills.

Merv Griffin died in 2007, leaving behind a legacy that included Wheel Of Fortune, Jeopardy, hotels, side business ventures, and more than a billion dollars. Also, speculation. Rumors about ...

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 ...

Vane “told me that he liked the premise but that it lacked enough ‘jeopardies,’” Griffin wrote in his 2007 memoir “Merv: Making the Good Life Last.” Griffin decided Vane was right, and ...

The longtime equestrian estate of the late TV host Merv Griffin has hit the market in La Quinta, California for $36 million, the Wall Street Journal first reported. Griffin — who created the ...

Merv Griffin didn’t have the name “Jeopardy!” in mind for the iconic game show when he created the concept. In fact, he had a wildly different title picked out.