Linkletter, Art

Art Linkletter
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Art Linkletter

Name	Linkletter, Art Gender: M
Birthname	Kelley, Arthur Gordon
born on	17 July 1912 at 04:38 (= 04:38 AM )
Place	Moosejaw, Canada, 50n23, 105w32
Timezone	MST h7w (is standard time)
Data source	Orig source not known Rodden Rating C
Astrology data	24°29' 06°03 Asc. 28°34'

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Biography

Canadian entertainer. An emcee and ad-libber extraordinaire, he talked to some 30,000 people in his 16 years as a radio and TV announcer. His three shows, "People Are Funny," "House Party" and "Life with Linkletter" were extremely popular. Since 1933, when he first became an announcer, he had talked extemporaneously and non-stop.

The son of an unwed mom, he was adopted by an elderly couple who moved to California with him when he was three. He always referred to himself as an orphan.

His daughter, Diane died of drug suicide 10/04/1969. After that time, he invested much of his time, energy and resources into various youth-oriented programs and charitable activities.

Linkletter died on May 26, 2010 at his Bel Air (Los Angeles) home.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• child relationship with Linkletter, Diane (born 31 October 1948)

Events

• Death of Child 4 October 1969 (Daughter, drug OD)

• Death, Cause unspecified 26 May 2010 (Age 97 in Los Angeles)

Source Notes

Baird file, from Ziegler

Categories

• Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality

• Family : Parenting : Kids - Drug involved (Daughter)

• Notable : Book Collection : American Book

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field

• Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist (Youth organizations)

• Family : Childhood : Adopted (Adopted by elderly couple)

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs