‘Hollywood Squares’ Host and Broadway Star Peter Marshall Dies at 98

‘Hollywood Squares’ Host and Broadway Star Peter Marshall Dies at 98
Host Peter Marshall appears at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, Calif., on April 29, 2018. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
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LOS ANGELES—Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. He was 98.

He died Thursday of kidney failure at his home in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, publicist Harlan Boll said.