Mr. Martindale said his many years as a radio DJ were helpful to him as a game show host because radio often calls for ad-libs and he learned to handle almost any situation in the spur of the moment.

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 died. He was 91.

Keep It Simple Stupid,” Martindale wrote in his 2000 memoir ... That same year he reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with a cover version of “Deck of Cards,” which sold over 1 million copies ...

Keep It Simple Stupid,” Martindale wrote in his ... That same year he reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with a cover version of “Deck of Cards,” which sold over 1 million copies.

Keep It Simple Stupid,” Martindale wrote in his ... That same year he reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with a cover version of “Deck of Cards,” which sold over 1 million copies.

Keep It Simple Stupid. “Like playing Old Maids as a kid ... That same year he reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with a cover version of “Deck of Cards,” which sold over 1 million copies. He ...

Wink Martindale, who became a TV mainstay as a serial host of game shows, most notably during a seven-year run overseeing the X’s and O’s board on “Tic-Tac-Dough,” died April 15 at a ...

Keep It Simple Stupid," Martindale wrote in his 2000 memoir Winking ... That same year he reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with a cover version of Deck of Cards, which sold over 1 million ...