Peter Marshall, Emmy Award-winning game show host of “Hollywood Squares,” died Thursday in Encino of kidney failure. He was 98.
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His wife Laurie said in a statement that he died at home.
He was nominated for 19 Emmy Awards, winning five. He hosted more than 5,000 episodes of the original version of the game show “The Hollywood Squares” and appeared in dozens of films, musicals and television shows.
Marshall was born Ralph Pierre LaCock in Huntington, WV. He began his career as an NBC Radio page and usher at the Paramount Theater. He served in the Army and worked as a DJ for Armed Forces Radio.
