LOS ANGELES | Merv Griffin, the entertainer turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, has died. He was 82. Griffin died of ...

LOS ANGELES -- Merv Griffin, the big band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday. He was 82. Griffin ...

Merv Griffin, 82, a veteran talk-show host who created an empire of entertainment businesses, most notably as producer of the long-running game shows "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!," died Aug. 12 ...

It happened to Bob Hope, and it was the Associated Press at fault that time. In 1998, the AP mistakenly moved Hope's pre-written obituary on its newswire. Hope, who was 95 at the time, was eating ...