- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGordon Arthur Kelly
- Art Linkletter was born on July 17, 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Champagne for Caesar (1950), Philippine Adventure (1964) and Here's Lucy (1968). He was married to Lois Marguerite Foerster. He died on May 26, 2010 in Bel-Air, California, USA.
- SpouseLois Marguerite Foerster(November 25, 1935 - May 26, 2010) (his death, 5 children)
- ChildrenSharon LinkletterDawn Linkletter
- ParentsMary Elizabeth Watson MetzlerFulton John Linkletter
- RelativesSophia Linkletter(Grandchild)
- His lecture tour is entitled "Old Age Is Not for Sissies", which is also the title of his 23rd book.
- Son Robert Linkletter, 34, was killed in a car accident. A woman was later sentenced on January 17, 1981, to a year's probation on her plea of no contest to vehicular manslaughter.
- Only three months before daughter Diane Linkletter's fatal leap from her apartment high-rise on October 4, 1969, Art's oldest daughter Dawn's husband, John Zweyer, 33, committed suicide by a gunshot to the head over his failing insurance business on July 15th.
- Friend Walt Disney could only afford to pay Linkletter scale to help host the Disneyland grand opening special Dateline: Disneyland (1955); in return, Linkletter asked for and received the park's camera and film concessions for 10 years.
- Shares his birthday (July 17th) with Disneyland, where he hosted the grand opening in 1955 and returned 50 years later to help host the celebration on July 17th 2005, and is the only celebrity to appear at Disneyland publicly both of those days.
- Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out.
- Diplomacy - the art of jumping into trouble without making a splash.
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