Peter Marshall (entertainer)
{{Short description|American game show host, performer, singer (1926–2024)}}
{{distinguish|Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall (Presbyterian minister)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Marshall
| image = Peter Marshall game show host.JPG
| caption = Marshall in 1965
| birth_name = Ralph Pierre LaCock
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|03|30}}
| birth_place = Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|08|15|1926|03|30}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer|TV host|radio personality}}
| yearsactive = 1950–2021{{cite web|url=https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/hollywood-squares-peter-marshalls-favorite-celebrity-guests/|title=Hollywood Squares' Peter Marshall Reveals Which Celebrity Guests Were 'Friends' and Who Was a 'Pain'|work=Closer|date=February 22, 2022|access-date=March 1, 2022|archive-date=March 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302000747/https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/hollywood-squares-peter-marshalls-favorite-celebrity-guests/|url-status=live}}
| known_for = Original host of Hollywood Squares (1966–1981)
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Nadene R. Teaford|1947|1973|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Sally Carter-Ihnat|1977|1983|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Laurie Stewart
|1989}}
}}
| children = 4, including Pete LaCock
| relatives = Joanne Dru (sister)
}}
Ralph Pierre LaCock (March 30, 1926 – August 15, 2024), better known by his stage name Peter Marshall, was an American game show host, television and radio personality, singer, and actor. He was the original host of The Hollywood Squares from 1966 to 1981 and had almost fifty television, movie, and Broadway credits.
Marshall was given his stage name by John Robert Powers. Powers had chosen the last name Marshall for Peter's sister (who later chose to use Joanne Dru instead), and Peter adopted it early in his career and paired it with an anglicized version of his middle name.{{cite news |url=https://huntingtonquarterly.com/2018/09/27/issue-82-peter-marshall/ |title=Peter Marshall |newspaper=Huntington Quarterly |date=September 27, 2018 |first=Carter Taylor |last=Seaton |access-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105225648/https://huntingtonquarterly.com/2018/09/27/issue-82-peter-marshall/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Shauna|title=Peter Marshall Calls Hall of Fame Epitome of Awards|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2013/11/15/peter-marshall-calls-hall-of-fame-induction-the-epitome-of-awards/|access-date=May 9, 2016|publisher=West Virginia MetroNews Network|archive-date=May 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503132707/http://wvmetronews.com/2013/11/15/peter-marshall-calls-hall-of-fame-induction-the-epitome-of-awards/|url-status=live}}
Early life
Marshall was born Ralph Pierre LaCock on March 30, 1926 to Ralph and Jean LaCock, a show business family, in Clarksburg, West Virginia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/?name=_Lacock&residence=_Harrison+County-West+Virginia-USA|title=Lacock - 1930 United States Federal Census - Ancestry.com|website=www.ancestry.com|access-date=July 4, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007172710/http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_db-6224&gsfn=&gsln=Lacock&rg_81004010__date=1920&msrpn__ftp=Harrison+County,+West+Virginia,+USA&dbOnly=_83004006|url-status=live}} Following his father's suicide when Marshall was 10, he moved to New York City to be with his mother, a costume designer. After he graduated from high school, he was drafted into the
U.S. Army in 1944 and stationed in Italy.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/08/15/peter-marshall-dead-hollywood-squares/|title=Peter Marshall, game-show host of 'Hollywood Squares,' dies at 98|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 15, 2024|accessdate=August 15, 2024|archive-date=August 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815214809/https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/08/15/peter-marshall-dead-hollywood-squares/|url-status=live}} He was originally in the artillery, but was recruited to be a disc jockey at a radio station in Naples. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of staff sergeant.
His elder sister Joan became the film and television actress known as Joanne Dru.{{cite web|last1=Grimes|first1=William|title=Joanne Dru, 74, a Star of Movie Westerns|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/13/arts/joanne-dru-74-a-star-of-movie-westerns.html?mcubz=0|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=September 13, 1996|archive-date=September 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014731/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/13/arts/joanne-dru-74-a-star-of-movie-westerns.html?mcubz=0|url-status=live}} She was best known for her roles in such films as Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and All the King's Men.{{cite web|title=Joanne Dru|website=Turner Classic Movies|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/53331%7C83866/Joanne-Dru/|access-date=December 29, 2022|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527205322/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/53331|url-status=live}}
Career
=Early career=
In the 1950s, Marshall earned his living as part of a comedy act with Tommy Noonan,{{cite web|last1=Nesteroff|first1=Kliph|title=Classic Television Showbiz: An Interview with Peter Marshall – Part One|url=http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-interview-with-peter-marshall-part.html|website=Classic Television Showbiz|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=September 20, 2012|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904210139/http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-interview-with-peter-marshall-part.html|url-status=live}} appearing in night clubs, on television variety shows, and in films including Starlift (1951), The Rookie (1959), and Swingin' Along (1962).{{cite web|last1=Nesteroff|first1=Kliph|title=Classic Television Showbiz: An Interview with Peter Marshall – Part Two|url=http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2012/10/an-interview-with-peter-marshall-part_5.html|website=Classic Television Showbiz|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=October 5, 2012|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904203941/http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2012/10/an-interview-with-peter-marshall-part_5.html|url-status=live}}
Marshall appeared in the 1958 episode "The Big Hoax" of the syndicated television series Harbor Command. In 1963, he appeared as Lucy's brother-in-law, Hughie, in The Lucy Show episode "Lucy's Sister Pays A Visit".{{cite book|last1=Monush|first1=Barry|last2=Sheridan|first2=James|title=Lucille Ball FAQ: Everything Left to Know About America's Favorite Redhead|date=2011|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema|isbn=9781557839336|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vq2Zff8JZZ8C&q=Peter+Marshall+The+Lucy+Show&pg=PT481|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-date=October 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015222125/https://books.google.com/books?id=vq2Zff8JZZ8C&q=Peter+Marshall+The+Lucy+Show&pg=PT481|url-status=live}}
=''The Hollywood Squares''=
File:Hollywood Squares 2000th show 1974 (cropped).jpg (left), Ruta Lee (left) and Sandy Duncan celebrating the 2000th episode of The Hollywood Squares, 1974]]
Although Marshall occasionally worked in film and television, he could not find regular work in the industry until his friend Morey Amsterdam recommended him to fill in for Bert Parks (who emceed the pilot) as the host of the game show The Hollywood Squares in 1966.
Though Marshall did not initially want the job, he took it in order to ensure that rival comic Dan Rowan would not get it. Marshall's grudge stemmed back to when he and Noonan had written material for Rowan and Martin, but Rowan had shown virtually no respect to Noonan when Tommy Noonan fell terminally ill in the mid-1960s (as opposed to Dick Martin, who was fully supportive of Noonan's fight). He expected to spend 13 weeks as host, then return to Broadway, but ultimately hosted for 15 years and more than 5,000 episodes.{{Cite web|url=https://huntingtonquarterly.com/2018/09/27/issue-82-peter-marshall/|title=Peter Marshall | Huntington Quarterly|date=September 27, 2018|access-date=October 10, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105225648/https://huntingtonquarterly.com/2018/09/27/issue-82-peter-marshall/|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MVE3aBas3MC&q=peter+marshall+dan+rowan&pg=PT17|title=Backstage with the Original Hollywood Square|first=Peter|last=Marshall|date=July 17, 2002|publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc|access-date=January 1, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9781418566005|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816000708/https://books.google.com/books?id=8MVE3aBas3MC&q=peter+marshall+dan+rowan&pg=PT17#v=snippet&q=peter%20marshall%20dan%20rowan&f=false|url-status=live}} The show was canceled in 1980,{{cite book|last1=Marshall|first1=Peter|title=Backstage with the Original Hollywood Square|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MVE3aBas3MC&q=peter+marshall+hollywood+squares+cancelled+1980&pg=PT159|publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=July 17, 2002|isbn=9781418566005|archive-date=October 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015222126/https://books.google.com/books?id=8MVE3aBas3MC&q=peter+marshall+hollywood+squares+cancelled+1980&pg=PT159|url-status=live}} but production continued in syndication into 1981.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/arts/television/peter-marshall-dead.html|title=Peter Marshall, Longtime Host of 'The Hollywood Squares,' Dies at 98|work=The New York Times|date=August 15, 2024|accessdate=August 15, 2024|archive-date=August 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815200213/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/arts/television/peter-marshall-dead.html|url-status=live}}
=Television=
Marshall was the host of his own short-lived syndicated music and comedy series, The Peter Marshall Variety Show, which aired during the 1976–1977 season in markets in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/peter-marshall-dead-hollywood-squares-1236107914/|title=Peter Marshall, 'Hollywood Squares' Host, Dies at 98|publisher=Variety|accessdate=August 15, 2024|date=August 15, 2024|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816000657/https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/peter-marshall-dead-hollywood-squares-1236107914/|url-status=live}}
After the completion of the final run of The Hollywood Squares in 1981, Marshall continued working in game shows and playing character roles. He appeared on the game shows Fantasy (1982) with cohost Leslie Uggams,{{cite web|title=Scott's World;NEWLN:Peter Marshall ranks top 'Fantasies'|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/04/25/Scotts-WorldNEWLNPeter-Marshall-ranks-top-Fantasies/3259420091200/|website=UPI|access-date=September 4, 2017}} All-Star Blitz (1985), Yahtzee (1988), the "East Hollywood Squares" skit on In Living Color (1994),{{cite web|title=A Classic reborn?: East Hollywood Squares (In Living Color, 1990's)|url=http://thelandofwhatever.blogspot.ca/2012/12/a-classic-reborn-east-hollywood-squares.html|website=thelandofwhatever.blogspot.ca|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=December 9, 2012|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904202236/http://thelandofwhatever.blogspot.ca/2012/12/a-classic-reborn-east-hollywood-squares.html|url-status=live}} and Reel to Reel (1998).{{cite web|last1=Paxman|first1=Andrew|title=Pax TV gets 'Reel' with new gameshow|url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/pax-tv-gets-reel-with-new-gameshow-1117479154|website=Variety|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=August 5, 1998|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904204407/http://variety.com/1998/tv/news/pax-tv-gets-reel-with-new-gameshow-1117479154/|url-status=live}}
In 1986, Marshall portrayed Bob Kenny, game show host accused of murder of a game show contestant on an episode "To Live and Die on TV" on Sledge Hammer!.{{cite web|title=To Live and Die on TV {{!}} Episode 11 {{!}} Sledgecast|url=http://www.sledgehammerpodcast.com/to-live-and-die-on-tv-sledge-hammer-episode-11|website=Sledge Hammer! Podcast|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=October 25, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816000712/https://sledgehammerpodcast.com/to-live-and-die-on-tv-sledge-hammer-episode-11/|url-status=live}}
In 1989, Marshall hosted the unaired pilot for 3rd Degree! (a Burt & Bert Production in association with Kline & Friends). When the series was picked up for syndication, show producer Bert Convy decided to leave his position as the host of the syndicated edition of Win, Lose or Draw and take Marshall's place on 3rd Degree without informing Marshall. Marshall filed a lawsuit against Convy for the action, but later dropped it after Convy's diagnosis of terminal brain cancer was made public.{{cite journal|title=Marshall, Convy in Angry Dispute|journal=TV Guide|volume=37|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEfvAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Peter+marshall%22+%223rd+degree%22|year=1989|access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816000711/https://books.google.com/books?id=iEfvAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Peter+marshall%22+%223rd+degree%22|url-status=live}}
In 2002, he returned to the new version of The Hollywood Squares as a panelist during a Game Show Week hosted by Tom Bergeron. Marshall occupied the prestigious center square. For one day that week, Marshall took his old position at the podium to host while Bergeron was the center square.{{cite book|last1=Baber|first1=David|title=Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VbrwCQAAQBAJ&q=Peter+Marshall+2002+The+Hollywood+Squares&pg=PA173|publisher=McFarland|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=August 11, 2009|isbn=9781476604800|archive-date=October 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015222125/https://books.google.com/books?id=VbrwCQAAQBAJ&q=Peter+Marshall+2002+The+Hollywood+Squares&pg=PA173|url-status=live}}
=Other work=
File:Storybook Squares Peter Marshall 1969.jpg, 1969]]
Marshall hosted a popular mid-day radio show for more than 15 years on the Music of Your Life radio network. Marshall, along with co-host, singer Debby Boone, are featured in a successful infomercial presented by Time Life, the Music of Your Life Collection. Featuring hit songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the infomercial was re-released in 2016 after selling more than a million CDs a few years prior.{{cite press release |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/music-life-move-070000891.html |title=Music of Your Life Is on the Move |publisher=Music of Your Life |date=June 20, 2016 |agency=Marketwired |via=Yahoo! Finance |access-date=March 30, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806054930/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/music-life-move-070000891.html |url-status=live }}
In 1979, Marshall sang "Back Home Again in Indiana" at the Indianapolis 500.{{cite web|title=#72- Back Home Again In Indiana|url=https://100years100moments.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/72-back-home-again-in-indiana|website=100 Years 100 Moments|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=March 17, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816000712/https://100years100moments.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/72-back-home-again-in-indiana/|url-status=live}} That same year, he played Dr. Todd Gardner, author of a bestseller, on The Love Boat.
In 1982, he had a small role in the film adaptation of Annie as radio announcer Bert Healy.
In 2002, Marshall published a book about his experiences, Backstage With The Original Hollywood Square.[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1558539808 Backstage with the Original Hollywood Square (2002)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816000713/https://www.amazon.com/dp/1558539808 |date=August 16, 2024 }}, Amazon.com; accessed March 29, 2016 In 2009, he appeared on television promoting compact disc hits from the Big Band era, and also hosted a two-hour PBS special, The Big Band Years. In 2010, Marshall, along with Monty Hall and Wink Martindale, appeared with their wives on a special Game Show Legend version of The Newlywed Game. The special was hosted by Bob Eubanks; the Martindales won the game.{{cite web|title=Game show icons return for special 'Newlywed' show|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/04/game-show-icons-return-for-special-newlywed-show/1|website=USATODAY.COM|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-date=April 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426014335/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/04/game-show-icons-return-for-special-newlywed-show/1|url-status=live}}
In 2012, Marshall hosted an entertainment-filled memorial service in Branson, Missouri, for singer Andy Williams.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andy-williams-remembered-by-osmond-brothers-bob-newhart-at-memorial/ |title=Andy Williams remembered by Osmond Brothers, Bob Newhart at memorial |date=October 22, 2012 |work=CBS News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027135417/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andy-williams-remembered-by-osmond-brothers-bob-newhart-at-memorial/ |url-status=live }} In 2014, Marshall returned to West Virginia to host four games of The West Virginia Squares as part of Charleston's FestivALL. The game, which featured questions about the state's history, included West Virginia notables such as Joyce Dewitt and Landon Murphy.{{cite web|url=http://www.festivallcharleston.com/events/wv-music-hall-fame-presents-west-virginia-squares-starring-peter-marshall|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140624161408/http://www.festivallcharleston.com/events/wv-music-hall-fame-presents-west-virginia-squares-starring-peter-marshall|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2014|title=WV Music Hall of Fame Presents "West Virginia Squares" starring Peter Marshall | FestivALL: A City Becomes A Work of Art, June 21–30, 2013|publisher=Festivallcharleston.com|access-date=June 29, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://wvpublic.org/game-show-features-west-virginia-music-and-history/|title=Game Show Features West Virginia Music and History|publisher=Wvpublic.org|date=June 24, 2014|access-date=April 29, 2024|first=Chad|last=Matlick|archive-date=April 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429052737/https://wvpublic.org/game-show-features-west-virginia-music-and-history/|url-status=live}} In 2017, he narrated the Rose Marie documentary film Wait for Your Laugh.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wait-your-laugh-1053914 |title='Wait for Your Laugh': Film Review |date=November 1, 2017 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211172029/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wait-your-laugh-1053914 |url-status=live }}
Marshall retired from the entertainment industry in 2021, following a bout with COVID-19.
=Theater=
Marshall's Broadway credits include Skyscraper{{Cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=3264|title=Skyscraper – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB|access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-date=May 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526021926/http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=3264|url-status=live}} and La Cage aux Folles.[http://ibdb.com/productionreplacements.asp?ID=4231 La Cage Aux Folles cast replacements and transfers at Internet Broadway Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817044501/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/la-cage-aux-folles-4231 |date=August 17, 2024 }}, ibdb.com; accessed March 29, 2016. Marshall appeared in the London 1962 West End production of the musical Bye Bye Birdie,[http://broadwayworld.com/bwidb/productions/Bye_Bye_Birdie_3760/ Bye Bye Birdie West End production] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201230208/http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwidb/productions/Bye_Bye_Birdie_3760/ |date=December 1, 2008 }}, broadwayworld.com; accessed March 29, 2016. a satire on American popular culture in the 1950s inspired by singer Elvis Presley receiving a draft notice into the Army. Marshall played the lead character of Albert Peterson, who writes a song for the pop-singing sensation Conrad Birdie (played by Marty Wilde), opposite Chita Rivera.{{Cite web|title=Peter Marshall – Boy Singer|url=http://www.boysinger.com/|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=www.boysinger.com|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217015738/http://boysinger.com/|url-status=dead}} The production ran for 268 performances.{{cite web|title=Bye Bye Birdie – Theatre Aficionado at Large|url=http://www.theatreaficionado.com/tag/bye-bye-birdie|website=Theatreaficionado.com|date=October 16, 2009|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904205002/http://www.theatreaficionado.com/tag/bye-bye-birdie|url-status=live}}
Personal life and death
Marshall married his third wife, Laurie Stewart, on Saturday, August 19, 1989, and had four children and two stepchildren from his previous marriages. He had a home in Palm Desert, California.{{cite book|last1=Meeks|first1=Eric G.|title=Palm Springs Celebrity Homes: Little Tuscany, Racquet Club, Racquet Club Estates and Desert Park Estates Neighborhoods|date=2012|page=429|publisher=Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe|type=Kindle|asin= B00A2PXD1G}} His son Pete is a former Major League Baseball player. The retired first baseman spent nine years playing for the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Placop101.htm|title=Pete LaCock|website=Retrosheet.org|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812215546/https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Placop101.htm|url-status=live}}
Diagnosed with COVID-19 in January 2021, and discharged from a hospital in February in what was considered a hospice situation, Marshall survived the virus at home with a new doctor and 24-hour nursing care.{{cite news |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Veteran-Entertainer-Peter-Marshall-Defies-Odds-and-Beats-Covid-in-Time-to-Celebrate-95th-Birthday-on-March-30-20210326 |title=Veteran Entertainer Peter Marshall, Defies Odds and Beats Covid in Time to Celebrate 95th Birthday on March 30 |date=March 26, 2021 |work=BroadwayWorld |first=Alexa |last=Criscitiello |access-date=August 7, 2021 |archive-date=August 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807234845/https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Veteran-Entertainer-Peter-Marshall-Defies-Odds-and-Beats-Covid-in-Time-to-Celebrate-95th-Birthday-on-March-30-20210326 |url-status=live }} Marshall's 68-year-old son, David LaCock, died in August 2021 from COVID-19 in Hawaii.{{cite news |url=https://www.showbiz411.com/2021/08/07/hollywood-squares-original-host-peter-marshall-mourns-death-of-68-year-old-son-from-covid-in-hawaii |title='Hollywood Squares' Original Host Peter Marshall Mourns Death of 68 Year Old Son from COVID, in Hawaii |date=August 7, 2021 |work=Showbiz 411 |first=Roger |last=Friedman |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816000240/https://www.showbiz411.com/2021/08/07/hollywood-squares-original-host-peter-marshall-mourns-death-of-68-year-old-son-from-covid-in-hawaii |url-status=live }}
Marshall died of kidney failure at his home in Encino, Los Angeles, California, on August 15, 2024, at the age of 98. He was cremated through the Neptune Society, and his ashes were given to his surviving relatives.
Awards
Marshall won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host four times. In 2006, he received the annual Bill Cullen Award for Lifetime Achievement, from the non-profit organization Game Show Congress.{{cite web|title=Huntington Quarterly {{!}} Articles {{!}} Issue 82 {{!}} Peter Marshall|url=http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue82/peter-marshall.php|website=Huntingtonquarterly.com|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904210326/http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue82/peter-marshall.php|url-status=dead}} On October 13, 2007, Marshall was one of the first inductees into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.{{cite web|last1=writer|first1=a Times staff|title=Game shows get hall of fame|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-11-wk-quick11.s5-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 4, 2017|date=October 11, 2007|archive-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710170334/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-11-wk-quick11.s5-story.html|url-status=live}}
In November 2013, Marshall was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2013/11/15/peter-marshall-calls-hall-of-fame-induction-the-epitome-of-awards|title=Peter Marshall calls Hall of Fame induction the 'epitome' of awards|last=Johnson|first=Shauna|date=November 15, 2013|website=WV MetroNews|access-date=December 26, 2013|archive-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229020337/http://wvmetronews.com/2013/11/15/peter-marshall-calls-hall-of-fame-induction-the-epitome-of-awards/|url-status=live}} He was introduced by Nick Clooney.
Selected filmography
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