Art Linkletter, who encouraged both kids and grownups to say the "darndest things" during his decades as a genial but gently mischievous television personality, has died at age 97.
The host of "People Are Funny" and "House Party" of the 1950s and '60s died Wednesday at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles.
"He lived a long, full, pure life, and the Lord had need for him," said his son-in-law, Art Hershey,
"In a couple of months Art Linkletter would have been 98 years old, a full life of fun and goodness, an orphan who made it to the top," reflected Phyllis Diller. "What a guy."
He is survived by his wife, Lois, whom he married in 1935, and daughters Dawn Griffin and Sharon Linkletter, as well as seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
The family said no services were planned at this time.
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