Merv Griffin has passed away

Quite a few times (I even heard him once tell this to a reporter during a TV interview) Merv Griffin said that he wanted these words to someday be inscribed on his tombstone:

Merv will NOT be back
after this commercial message!

I always thought that seemed to reflect a pretty good outlook on life.

Here's the story of his passing on Variety's website.

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