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http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...-host-philanthropist-monty-hall-dies-50202833

Monty Hall, the genial TV game show host whose long-running "Let's Make a Deal" traded on love of money and merchandise and the mystery of which door had the car behind it, has died. He was 96.

Hall, who had been in poor health, died Saturday morning of heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills, said his daughter, Sharon Hall of Los Angeles.

"Let's Make a Deal," which Hall co-created, debuted as a daytime show on NBC in 1963 and became a TV staple. Through the next four decades, it also aired in prime time, in syndication and, in two brief outings, with hosts other than Hall at the helm.

Hall also guest-starred in sitcoms and appeared in TV commercials. And with the wealth that the game show brought, he made philanthropy and fundraising his avocation. He spent 200 days a year at it, he said, estimating in the late 1990s that he had coaxed $700 million from donors.

His daughter Sharon estimated that Hall managed to raise nearly $1 billion for charity over his lifetime.

and of course, the famous Monty Hall problem

 

[Earthbound64]

RIP

Monty Hall on Let's Make a Deal was probably my favorite game show / host combination ever.
No one was quite like him.

As someone with a degree in Mathematics, of course, Monty Hall took on a whole new meaning through that.
But, there was nothing like sitting at home on a sick day watching people make fools of themselves, while Monty stood there with his wry smile, just coaxing them to take the curtain with the goat behind it.

 

[Trouble]

RIP

96 is a pretty good run.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

RIP Legend.

Had no idea he was still alive.

 

[Septimus Prime]

Monty Fall =(

 

[Dishwalla]

I know "Let's Make a Dope Deal" more than Let's Make a Deal, but RIP nonetheless.

 

[SGRX]

Had no idea he was still alive.

.

 

[Dryk]

What a legacy though 'ey

 

[BobTheFork]

I guess he finally took the box *salute*

 

[Two Words]

Wow, I didn’t know he was still alive.

 

[Earthbound64]

Had no idea he was still alive.

.

IIRC, he was kind of upset that GSN didn't ask him to host the new version of Let's Make a Deal.
I certainly was, anyway.

 

[Cyan]

Should've switched doors bro.

 

[Jarrod38]

Looks like he got a zonk.

 

[Vilix]

RIP Monty.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

I just looked him up this morning after watching a Match Game marathon. I was wondering how many of those Golden age Game show guys were still around.

 

[Earthbound64]

I just looked him up this morning after watching a Match Game marathon. I was wondering how many of those Golden age Game show guys were still around.

Well, there's still Wink Martindale.
Most of them are gone though

 

[Blitzrules240]

Well, there's still Wink Martindale.
Most of them are gone though

Bob Eubanks is still around making whoopee.

 

[Hazmat]

Hell of a life. He'll always be the best class of my probability course to me. RIP.

 

[Violence Jack]

Whoa, Monty Hall was still alive? Did he ever make an appearance on the current version?

Still, RIP.

 

[ahoyhoy]

96?

Damn dude made a deal with he devil.

 

[butzopower]

Watched this dude on Game Show Network in last two years and told myself every single host / contestant / audience member was almost certainly dead. TIL...

 

[Creaking]

This seems strange to me

 

[jstevenson]

So sad.

I know Bob Barker isn't in the best of health these days and that's really gonna wreck me when it happens

 

[Earthbound64]

Watched this dude on Game Show Network in last two years and told myself every single host / contestant / audience member was almost certainly dead. TIL...

Don't read about Peter Tomarken (Press Your Luck)...

 

[butzopower]

So sad.

I know Bob Barker isn't in the best of health these days and that's really gonna wreck me when it happens

Wow, swore Bob Barker had died in like 2003.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Well, there's still Wink Martindale.
Most of them are gone though

Bob Eubanks
Bob Barker
Alex Trebek ( I think he counts )
Peter Marshall
and Betty White.


That's all that's left from the good olé days!

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Eddie Murphy forever linked that man to "There's a ground, Monty."for me.

RIP

 

[jstripes]

Growing up in the '80s, I mainly remember him from the short-lived game show Split Second on CHCH. I never even heard about Let's Make A Deal until I was in my 20s.

He still left an impact on me. He, along with Bob Barker, had the game show spirit.

 

[Marvie_3]

Damn.

Loved watching reruns of Lets Make A Deal when I was a kid.