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<p>In this April 5, 1962 file photo, TV personality Art Linkletter talks with 4-year-old Ronnie Glahn shows Art Linkletter his idea of how bad guys look, on Art's TV show in Hollywood, April 5, 1962 in Los Angeles. Linkletter, who hosted the popular TV shows "People Are Funny" and "House Party" in the 1950s and 1960s, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles. He was 97. (AP Photo/David F. Smith, file)</p>

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'People Are Funny' host Linkletter dies
May 30, 2010 9 p.m.

'People Are Funny' host Linkletter dies

TV personality was 97 years old

LOS ANGELES - Art Linkletter, who as the gently mischievous host of TV's "People Are Funny" and "House Party" in the 1950s and '60s delighted viewers with his ability to get kids - and grownups - to say the darndest things on national television, died Wednesday. He was 97.