The TV and radio personality was surrounded by family in his final moments.
A cause of death was not disclosed.
Martindale first broke into TV with a hosting gig on the local sci-fi children’s seriesMars Patrol.
Wink Martindale hosting ‘Trivial Pursuit’ in 1993.Credit:Family Channel/courtesy Everett
He then hostedTeenage Dance Party, where Presley would eventually appear in a 1965 episode.
His biggest success wasTic-Tac-Dough, which he hosted from 1978 to 85.
Martindale’s radio work didn’t end in his youth.
Wink Martindale hosting ‘Gambit’ in 1972.CBS via Getty
More recently, he had a recurring appearance onThe Howard Stern Show.
7 on theBillboardHot 100 chart and sold more than 1 million copies in 1959.
Wink Martindale at the SiriusXM studios in New York in 2019.Astrid Stawiarz/Getty
