{"id":74766,"date":"2024-08-17T19:02:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T23:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=74766"},"modified":"2024-08-17T19:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T23:02:47","slug":"peter-marshall-longtime-host-of-the-hollywood-squares-dies-at-98-of-kidney-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/17\/peter-marshall-longtime-host-of-the-hollywood-squares-dies-at-98-of-kidney-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Marshall, Longtime Host of The Hollywood Squares, Dies at 98 of Kidney Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74763\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall-276x300.webp 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The TV personality was 98 years old. He died of kidney failure at his home in the Encino, California, neighborhood, while surrounded by his loved ones, his publicist, Harlan Boll, confirmed to the press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall-squares-promo.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-74764\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall-squares-promo.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall-squares-promo.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall-squares-promo-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> \u201cOur beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away this morning. We will love him forever,\u201d a statement on his official X account from his family read.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1065229679\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Marshall hosted <em>The Hollywood Squares<\/em> for 16 years from 1966 to 1981 after filling in for Bert Parks. Initially, he only thought the gig would only last 13 weeks. Much to his surprise, it lasted far longer and earned him the love of game show fans everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall had toured with big bands starting as a teenager, had been a part of two comedy teams that appeared in nightclubs and on television, appeared in movies as a contract player for Twentieth Century Fox, and had sung in several Broadway musicals when the opportunity came up after Bert Parks, who hosted the pilot, bowed out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74762\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall-Double-Trouble-Tommy-Noonan.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74762\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall-Double-Trouble-Tommy-Noonan.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall-Double-Trouble-Tommy-Noonan.webp 444w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Peter-Marshall-Double-Trouble-Tommy-Noonan-213x300.webp 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The comedy duo of Peter Marshall and Tommy Noonan in &#8220;Swingin&#8217; Along&#8221; (1961) Twentieth Century Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am a singer first I am not a game show host,\u201d Marshall told his hometown paper, the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, West Virginia in 2013, \u201cthat was just a freak opportunity. 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