Monty Hall, the Winnipeg-born co-creator and iconic host of the long-running television game show Let's Make A Deal, passed away on Saturday at his Beverly Hills, California home at age 96.
Mr. Hall passed away from heart failure, some three months after the passing of his television-producer wife of nearly 70 years.
On LMAD, costume-sporting contestants in the studio audience would try like the dickens to get Monty's attention for a chance to win (or trade up to win) fabulous prizes, even at the risk of getting a piece of crap (or getting "zonked") instead.
Some might say that this show was a testament to greed.
Maybe so, but that was a fun testament to greed.
The original series first aired late in 1963 on NBC, then moved to ABC some five years later before leaving that network in 1976.
After running on ABC's prime time schedule in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the nighttime show went into syndication.
Monty hosted a pair of 1980s syndication efforts. The current version, hosted by Wayne Brady, was launched on CBS in 2009.
More on Monty's life and career can be found here.
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