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The life-size celebrity Tic-Tac-Toe game premiered in 1965, but it would be 10 years before it earned its first Emmy.

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Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. He was 98.

"The Hollywood Squares" was more strait-laced when it began, but early in its run a producer suggested they write jokes for Lynde, the ever-snarky comic actor who occupied the center square and ...

By ANDREW DALTON LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. He was 98.

Marshall had a warm rapport with Weaver, Lynde and others, but said that Gobel, the wry comedian, actor and variety show host, held a special place, tweeting in 2021 that it’s “no secret he ...

For the next 16 years, Marshall would host more than 5,000 episodes of the beloved game, which featured a rotating panel of celebrity guests such as Joan Rivers, Paul Lynde and Ruta Lee.

Peter Marshall, who long led NBC’s beloved “Hollywood Squares” game show with his talk show host-style candor, has died. He was 98. Marshall died Thursday morning of kidney failure ...