The Vicksburg Post from Vicksburg, Mississippi (2024)

August 13, 2007

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The Vicksburg Posti

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Vicksburg, Mississippi

Issue Date:

Monday, August 13, 2007

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5

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The Vicksburg Post 1 Monday August 13 2007 A5 PEOPLE Merv Griffin 1925 2007 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Singer game show creator entertainer businessman dies at 82 I Merv Griffin frequent mentions in Hie spoils A Uitfabiinj georgecarrcom THE LATEST 1 MUTUAL vicksburgpostcom rtlUt Everything a hometown newspaper should be email: sysadmvicksburgpostcom' Jonah (601) 636 4545 RIVE riverl01com 'fl)K COUNTRY' AND ONE MORE OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL THERAPY Child Care Inc Automotive Dealerships Computers Children's Health itness Eye Surgery Exams inancial Institutions Many Opportunities To kHipk'MHitnjxl Xdvncihit vM'tis Cararge Doors Cates Healthcare United Rehab News MedlaAdvertislng Radio Stations Real Estate ALL STABS INC Britney Spears 13IBWfebngtodSfcT ALL SUMMER MERCHANDISE 19G0s His glibness led to stints as substitute for Jack Paar on When Paar retired in 1962 Griffin was considered a prime candidate to replace him Johnny Carson was chosen instead NBC gave Griffin a daytime version of but lie was canceled for being for the housewife audience In 1965 the Westinghouse Broad casting introduced Merv Grif fin Show" in syndicated TV At last Griffin had found the forum for his talents Meanwhile Griffin sought new enterprises for his production com pany A lifelong crossword puzzle fan he devised a game show for in 1963 It faded after one season then his wife Julann suggested another show idea was a twist on the usual question answer format of the quiz shows of the he wrote in his autobiography begun in 1964 became a huge moneymaker for Griffin as did a more conventional game show of starting in 1975 not immediately respond to an mail seeking comment Sunday divorce from rapper and dancer lederline became official July 30 Since ebruary Spears 25 and line 29 have shared joint custody of their sons 22 month old Sean Pi eston and 10 month old Ja den James 'kt ta Request Line 638 0101 1601 North rontage (601) 636 2340 Children Are Our Business" OPEN 6 AM TO MIONIOHT1 601 838 8108 17B3 MLK Drtv LOS ANGELES (AP) Merv Grif fin never stopped working even until the very end: When he entered a hospital a month ago he was working on the first week ol production of a new syndicated game show called "Merv Griffin's "My father was a his son Tony Griffin said Sunday after the 82 year death from prostate cancer loved business and continued his many projects and holdings even 'while hospital rom his beginning as a $100 a week radio singer Griffin became a sometime film actor 'I talk show host and creator of a game show empire that landed him on orbes' list ot the richest Americans When and "Wheel ol two shows he invented and produced became the hottest on television he sold their rights to the Columbia Pictures Television Unit tor $250 million retaining a share of the profits He continued to receive royalties for the popular "Jeopardy!" theme song which he rote But Griliin was nowhere near ready to retire lie invested the sale money in treasury bonds stocks and other investments then went into real estate and other ventures because was never so bored in my life" he said in an interview "I said not going to sit around and clip coupons for Hie rest of my lie recalled in 1 989 when Barron Hilton said do you want to buy the Bey erly I couldn't believe it" Griffin bought the slightly passe hotel for $1002 million and com pletely refurbished it for $25 mil lion lien he made a move for con trol of Resorts International which operated hotels and casinos from Atlantic City to the Caribbean That touched off a feud with real estate tycoon Donald Trump Griffin even tuallyacquired Resorts for $2 10 million netting a reported paper profit of $100 million Company testing device to keep deer from roads A device using a flashing light and a shrill alarm is being tested on a stretch of road near ort Dix NJ to see whether it can deter deer The devices installed by Mount Laurel company JAA Technolo gies Inc are activated when the unit senses headlights on an approaching vehicle up to 150 yards away Then the device emits a shrill noise and flashes a blue strobe light 'Hie combination of the light and the sound is designed to keep deer away from the road when a vehi cle is approaching To place your company web site in the Insite Internet Directory call your advertising representative at (601) 636 4545 or (601) 636 SELL rntrvLitw JV Antnmitinn 601 63)4984 601 529 5426 55 Oaklree Drive Vkkiburg MS 1 DRESS homesofvicksburgcom We understand homes for families residencial commercial rental property 2845 Clay Street (601) 634 8928 trustmarkcom (601) 636 1151 1 800 CHECK24 1301 Washington Street Vicksburg MS logo" Griffin slimmed down and he would spend the rest of his life adding and taking off weight In 1918 reddy Martin hired Grif fin to join his band at Los Coconut Grove at $150 a week Willi Griliin singing the band had a smash hit with "I've Got a Lovely Bunch Cocoanuts" a 1919 novel ty song snug in a co*ckney accent The band was playing in Las Vegas when Doris Day and her pro ducer husband Marty Melcher were in the audience They recom mended him to Warner Bros which olTered a contract After a bit in "Bv the Light of the Silvery Moon" starring Ms Day and Gor don MacRae he had a bigger role with Kathryn Grayson in "So This is A few more trivial roles followed then he asked out of his conlracl In 1951 Griffin went to New York where he appeared in a summer replacement musical show on CBS TV a revival of and a music show on CBS radio lie a followed with a few game show hosting jobs on TV notably "Blay Your Hunch" which premiered in 1958 and ran through the early owner His colt Stevie Wonderboy named for entertainer Stevie Won der won the $15 million a InviiniM in yup uiniinit in Meivyn Edward Griliin Jr was born in San Mateo south of San rancisco the son ol a stockbroker His aunt Claudia Robinson taught' him to play piano at age I and soon Hie hoy was staging shows on the back porch ol the lainily home Aller studying at San Mateo Junior College and the tfimersity of San rancisco Griffin (put school to apply for a job as pianist at radio station KRU in San rancisco The station needed a vocalist instead lie auditioned and was hired Gi il'lin was billed as "Hie young romantic voice of radio" and attracted the interest of RM) studio boss William Dozier who was visit ing San rancisco will) his wife Joan ontaine "As soon as walked in Hieiffiiotel room 1 could see their laces fall the singer recalled He weighed 235 pounds Shortly afterward Edwards told him: voice js tenil'icjHit the blubber has go aprotodaycom 35 1 4 Manor Drive Vicksburg MS 39180 (601) 638 0545 V' fi COOK EYE Micro Systems A Service Company I Delta Cleaners I 1318 Openwoodj 601 634 W20j Two dozen Graceland like made it to Memphis by winning preliminaiy contests aiound Hie country and abroad Ten contestants from the qualify ing round at tile Cannon Center for the Performing Arts a down town conceit hall were to be picked for the finals and a shot at the title of official Elvis Tribute Al sy' Bennett 21 stood out 'fiom the jump suited contestants by pel forming in anAi my uniform' Bennett a veteran of unperson ator contests said the Gracelandsanction made the show special got judges who know what to look Bennett said know what they're CKX which also owns Hie TV show bought the business arm of the Presley: estate two years ago from Lisa Mare Presley daughter and sole heir Lisa Marie Presley still holds title' In Our Office In Nursing Homes With Patients With Activities Providence Hospice BB1 634 BB36 Accepting Private Insurances Worker's Compensation legal Claims and Self Pay Patients 1990 South rontage Rd Suite Vicksburg MS Phone (601) 883 1983 ax (601) 883 1938 peeweeworkoutmscom i fitzonemscom rP 7 Terry Panzer RN BSN CPT CYI Owner sikobic itness zon chhoacn 109 Mission Park Drive Vicksburg MS (601) 636 1878 wwwriverregioncom 601 883 5000 cvisirour web sire to learn about zzourphtcians 2nd services nicodoorscom IPI Residential Commercial 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River Region IbiMiiiSwmi "What makes tills device so much more effective than others is that this can detect headlights before a deer sees tliein and gets Ed Mulka project manager for JAA told lie Couri er Post of Cherry Hill for newspapers The devices are being installed on a stretch of road near ort Dix that local officials say lias about 60 to 80 accidents a year involving deer Springfield Police Chief Kenneth Gerber said there were no deer accidents over a to day period after the devices were installed JAA is laying for the cost of installing Hie 38 devices which usually cost about $150 each blackburnmotorcom I Chrysler Dodge jeep 601 636 2766 CtCeSLUrn 2135 rontage Road Vicksburg MS MOTOR COMPANY NISSAN 601 661 7565 2195 1 rontage Road Vicksburg MS Elvis Presley pretenders in bespangled jumpsuits and 1950s sportscoats gyrated across a Mem phis stage Sunday for the opening' round ot the first contest with an official Graceland blessing "1 just love watching these said Debra Russell of Elkhart Ind is a neat idea because it keeps legend going inals for the contest sanctioned by' Gracelands management conn pany EK is Presley Enterprises I Inc are set for riday as a week (long celebration maiking Hie 30th anniversary of death 'winds down 'j The contest mai ks a big change for managers of Graceland Pres former Memphis residence and the center of a $40 million a year business in all things EK is 1 Since death on Aug J977 Graceland managers have had little to do with the thousands of Elvis impersonators haunting the concert halls and barrooms of the world regarding them at best pests and at worst aU 7 to Hie fainous white embari assments house lint CKX controls it and the But with a new company CKX sprawling tourist complex that inc continuing EPE and the Elvis Uiraws almost 600000 visitors a world that altitude lias ear il BACK TO SCHOOL infants cnildrens womens and mens sizes Natural Tobacco Pink Red Navy mnn rjredericlfs 01 616 5X7m Hill 23 plays the ifoul moiitlied Seth in the movie the "il: tale of two high school friends on a gin mission to get booze for a high school party in the hopes that it will help them lose their virginity The coining of age story opens riday Britney assistant 5 subpoenaed by ederline An assistant to Britney Spears 7jwas subpoenaed Sunday to offer a statement in a legal matter con corning Hie pop star and ex Uluisband Kevin ed crline a lawyer said ederline attorney 'Mark Vincent' Kaplan told The Associated Press that 'Alli Sims' would be asked to' give a deposition' conncction wilh the Britney Spears Kevin ederline issue woukU give no specifics He said the subf poena was deliv cred to Sims because she was to have Kevin relevant infonna ederline but declined tO discuss what she be rKknrl It was unknown if the testimony( Was connected to the child custody hearing scheduled for Aug 14 Spears spokesman Gina Orr did star Hill says a nice Jewish boy Jonah Hill who plays a socially inept letch in sayshe's really a nice Jewish boy am not a supei lecherous guv Hill told The New York Times 'Magazine in editions usually enjoy nav ing a gillfriend as opposed to dating a varietv of women I'm a nice Jewish THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Elvis impersonator Johnny Thompson has his photo made with Elvis fan Tass Bai ley of Memphis at the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest at the Cannon Center in Memphis Sunday Presley pretenders get first Graceland blessing iHN 1 14 PiUilt i I aHM jiw 4'4 f' Gfg 74? i i LL'aU 'vears Griffin also rap'd 4 i 4 Si i A pmSBHK 1 A nlKL Sx Mfo i A 1 Trustmark Bankmo and financial trust Xdvxvlhit vvoti Many OpraimiHmES To I.

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