While Merv Griffin, who died Sunday at age 82, might seem as Hollywood as Tom Cruise, at least for a brief period in his life he called Ironwood, Mich., home. Beyond his exploits in Hollywood, Griffin ...

Surely Merv Griffin would approve: Fifty years after recording the theme for Duluth's largest annual parade, a Superior-based band re-worked it as a guitar-heavy rock 'n' roll song. Crescent Moon, ...

He helped create “Good Morning America” and “20/20” and had a role in the early careers of the Smothers Brothers, Barbra Streisand and many others. By Neil Genzlinger Comedy and tragedy: Judd Apatow ...

LOS ANGELES -- Merv Griffin, the big band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday. He was 82. Griffin ...

Merv Griffin, 82, a veteran talk-show host who created an empire of entertainment businesses, most notably as producer of the long-running game shows "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!," died Aug. 12 ...