Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! creator Merv Griffin is being treated for prostate cancer.Griffin is hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The cancer was discovered last month during a routine doctor's visit. According to his son Tony, Griffin is getting "great care." His doctors wanted to treat the cancer in a controlled setting, which is why Griffin has been hospitalized, and Griffin remains optimistic. Griffin went through prostate cancer once before.
Griffin has another game show coming up, Let's Play Crosswords. The show will premiere in syndication this fall across the country.
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7-19-2007 @ 6:00PM
bur said...
What treatment did Merv Griffin have the first time he had prostate cancer?
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8-12-2007 @ 2:12PM
BARBARA HAZZARD said...
When I was growing up in San Mateo, Merv played the organ in our church. He was in high school. He and my sister put on a musical every St, Patrick's Day. I used to "play" the organ when he went to communion. He was a good friend of our family.
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