ART LINKLETTER DIES AT 97

R.I.P Art Linkletter!!

Iconic TV host Art Linkletter died on Wednesday (May 26th) at the age of 97. Art Linkletter's House Party, one of television's longest-running variety shows, debuted on radio in 1944 and was seen on CBS-TV from 1952 to 1969. Linkletter was also widely known for his TV show People Are Funny, an audience participation quiz show that began on NBC in 1954.

And who could forget Kids Say The Darndest Things??

Linkletter's life wasn't always laughable; The Associated Press noted that in 1969, his 20-year-old daughter, Diane, jumped to her death from her sixth-floor Hollywood apartment. He blamed her death on LSD use, but toxicology tests found no LSD in her body after she died. A son, Robert, died in a car accident in 1980, while another son, Jack Linkletter, was 70 when he died of lymphoma in 2007.