Art Linkletter

Art Linkletter was born on July 17, 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada as Gordon Arthur Kelly.

His lecture tour is entitled "Old Age Is Not for Sissies", which is also the title of his 23rd book.

He is known for his work on Champagne for Caesar (1950), Philippine Adventure (1964) and The Danny Thomas Show (1953). He was married to Lois Marguerite Foerster.

Host of two of the longest-running shows in USA broadcast history: The Linkletter Show (1952), which ran on CBS radio and TV for 25 years, and People Are Funny (1954) on NBC radio and TV for 19 years. Linkletter was famous for interviewing children on The Linkletter Show (1952) and Kids Say the Darndest Things (1998), which led to a successful series of books quoting children.

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.

In 1969, his daughter, Diane Linkletter, committed suicide by jumping out of her kitchen window. He blamed LSD and became very outspoken against drugs. Several reports at the time showed that LSD played no role, but Art Still continued to speak out against the psychedelic movement for many years.

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.

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.