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The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)

(151.198.167.73 (talk) 02:59, 17 February 2008 (UTC)). Allen Ludden also appeared in at least one episode of "The Odd Couple". Felix was "not speaking to him", not because he knew him and was angry, but because he could not get on the game show. He eventually did with Oscar with hilarious results.[reply]

To Tell the Truth

You have failed to mention in Mr. Ludden's mini biography that he hosted the very popular game show "To Tell the Truth" from 1969 to 1977. Thank you, Israel Diaz

You're mistaken, that was Garry Moore. FamicomJL 19:15, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why no link to his IMDB page? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0524843/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.73.201 (talk) 12:57, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Allen Ludden's Gallery

Keep separate - though Allen Ludden's Gallery is currently a short article, it is cited and contains enough information to stand on its own. — MrDolomite • Talk 15:25, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marriages

Thank you to the person who has helped me adequately point out that Alan Ludden was married to Betty White until his death in 1981. Someone kept changing it back to just read "m.1963". However, other articles on people who died while married will indicate that the person was married until their death be indicating "d.year".Reverend Edward Brain, D.D. (talk) 05:22, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Rev Edward Brain, D.D.: Um, excuse me, but the instructions on Template:Marriage clearly indicate that "Died" is to be used to indicate the death of the spouse. Nowhere does it say to use it for the subject of the article. The whole purpose of the omission is to reduce redundancies in the infobox. Davejohnsan (talk) 21:54, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Davejohnsan:So, then please tell me why then on the article about King Henry VIII, it mentions that his marriage to Catherine Parr ended with his death? Or why the same applies to James Gandolfini? I have updated the section on his spouses to follow the article on J. Howard Marshall. I hope that is satisfactory. But, I am simply following the templates of other articles about real people who have passed away.

@Rev Edward Brain, D.D.: Here are plenty of examples where the year is omitted in this instance (and no, not all were modified by me). I'm not sure why you're relying on the argument that because you see it in a few pages, that this particular way must be the correct way of doing so (where policy is concerned, of course). Again, the whole idea is to cut down on redundancies, and when the subject of the article is dead, the omission of an ending year in marriage can be assumed to have been caused by the death of the subject of the article. To answer your question, however, not all articles have been properly updated yet to reflect the current instructions on Template:Marriage. Davejohnsan (talk) 14:48, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Davejohnsan: I think that's what upset with me so much. I changed it to reflect how other articles are (which includes the mention of the death, which in my opinion is accurate and okay), but then you changed it suggesting I was in the wrong, even though I was following what occurred with other articles. Plus, the way I read the template information is that the death mention is 'optional', so it's okay for it to be there. But thanks for the discussion and the link to the template.

Betty White's last words

Betty White died in her sleep. The information is third or fourth hand. Simply put, it's unreliable. -- Zanimum (talk) 02:22, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]