RIP Peter Marshall (host of The Hollywood Squares)

kenobi_65
Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:55:59 +0000
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Peter Marshall, the original host of the television game show The Hollywood Squares, passed away today, at age 98, from kidney failure. He had survived a bout of COVID-19 in 2021, which was bad enough that he was in hospice care for a time.

Born Ralph Pierre LaCock, Marshall had been a comedian, singer, actor, and comedy writer, before being tapped to replace Bert Parks, who had been the host of the pilot episode of The Hollywood Squares in 1966. Marshall, who had often played straight-man roles, was an excellent foil for the panel’s funny responses, and hosted the show for 15 years, before stepping away from it in 1981.

One of his children is Ralph Pierre “Pete” LaCock Jr., who played major league baseball, for the Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs in the 1970s.

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