Allen Ludden was an American television personality, actor, emcee and game show host. He hosted various incarnations of the game show Password between 1961 and 1980. He proposed to twice-divorced Betty White, whom he had met on Password, at least twice before she accepted.
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Allen Ludden was an American television personality, actor, emcee and game show host. He hosted various incarnations of the game show Password between 1961 and 1980. Ludden hosted many game shows, including the College Bowl, but he was most well known for hosting both the daytime and prime time versions of Password. His opening TV catch phrase, \”Hi doll,\” was directed toward his beloved real-life mother-in-law, Tess White, mother of Betty White. He proposed to twice-divorced Betty White, whom he had met on Password, at least twice before she accepted.
He died in Los Angeles on June 9, 1981, at age 63. He was buried in the Ellsworth family plot in his hometown of Mineral Point, Wisconsin. A walkway at the Los Angeles Zoo was named in his memory and an artificial lake in his honor was named Lake Ludden. The Ludden Papers collection is located at the Free Public Library in Mineral Point and can be found at: http://www.freepubliclibrary.org/.
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