Hy Gardner

Hy Gardner
Hy Gardner on The Hy Gardner Show.
Born	December 2, 1908(1908-12-02) New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	June 17, 1989(1989-06-17) (aged 80) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Journalist Television personality Game show panelist

Hy Gardner (December 2, 1908 – June 17, 1989) was a columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, host of The Hy Gardner Show, and a regular panelist on the first incarnation of To Tell The Truth. In 1957 Gardner also appeared on the show made up as a clown along with guest challenger (famous clown) Paul Jung. Gardner also played himself in the 1963 movie, The Girl Hunters with writer/friend Mickey Spillane.

In the early 1950s, New York Herald Tribune entertainment reporter and syndicated columnist Hy Gardner began interviewing celebrities on the radio on his own show, "Hy Gardner Calling." Gardner's television interviews began in 1954 and continued until 1965. In 1953, Miss Marilyn Boshnick became Hy Gardner's secretary. They were married in 1958. At that time, Gardner was the interviewer of the guests on Spike Jones's short-lived Club Oasis comedy/variety show on NBC.

After split-screen interviews were replaced by in-studio interviews, the show was renamed the "Hy Gardner Show." The Herald Tribune folded in 1966, and Hy and Marilyn Gardner moved from New York City to Miami, Florida. The "Hy Gardner Show" continued on television, and "Celebrity Party" debuted on radio. Interviews continued until the mid-1980s. When Hy Gardner died in 1989, his obituary in The New York Times was headlined "Hy Gardner, 80, Gossip Columnist And a Celebrity in His Own Right."