Wink Martindale was a legendary game show host, radio personality, and occasional recording artist whose career spanned over six decades. Best known for hosting shows like Tic-Tac-Dough, Gambit, and ...

Square-jawed, fresh-faced and well-coiffed, with a sunbeam smile to match his sunny disposition, Wink Martindale was a fixture of American broadcasting during a career that spanned more than 70 years.

“Gambit” debuted on the same day in September 1972 as “The Price is Right” with Bob Barker and “The Joker’s Wild” with Jack Barry. “From the day it hit the air, ‘Gambit’ spelled winner, and it taught ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has ...