Is Wink Martindale Still Alive? Know Wink Martindale Age, Wife, Net Worth, and Where Does Wink Martindale Live?
by C Hariharan
Updated Oct 18, 2022
Who Is Wink Martindale?
Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale is a radio personality, disc jockey, game show host, and television producer from America. During his six-decade career, he is famous for hosting Gambit from 1972 to 1976 and Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985. He also hosted High Rollers from 1987 to 1988 and Debt from 1996 to 1998. In June 1996, Wink became the host of Lifetime's highest-rated quiz show, Debt. In that show, the debt-ridden contestants take part and try to eliminate their debts. Despite its popularity on cable, Debt was cancelled in 1998, the reason more males were watching the show than females.
Is Wink Martindale Still Alive?
Wink Martindale is still alive. He is 88 years old at present. He was born on 4th December 1933, in Jackson, Tennessee, U.S. He was selected for double the salary by Jackson's only other station, WDXI, after moving to WTJS. He also hosted mornings at WHBQ in Memphis when he studied as a college student at Memphis State University. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1957. While he was there, Martindale became a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
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Wink Martindale Age
As per 44bars, Wink Martindale is 88 years old. Winston Conrad Martindale is the real name of Wink Martindale. He served as a radio personality, disc jockey, game show host, and television producer. Wink's first break into television was at WHBQ-TV in Memphis. During that time, he served as the host of Mars Patrol. Mars Patrol was a children's television program based on science fiction.
Where Does Wink Martindale Live?
As per IMDB, Wink Martindale has been living in Calabasas, California, near Malibu Canyon, since 1991. Wink for the first hosted game show, What's This Song?, for NBC from 1964 to 1965. From 1970 to 1971, he was a host to a similar song-recognition game show, Words and Music, on NBC. His first-time big success came in 1972 when he took the position on a new CBS game show, Gambit. He had spent four years hosting the original Gambit. Later he hosted a Las Vegas-based revival for 13 months in 1980–81.
Wink Martindale Net worth
As per celebritynetworth, Wink Martindale has a networth of $20 Million. Wink's rendition of the spoken-word song "Deck of Cards" captured No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It sold over a million copies in 1959. Then it also peaked at no. 5 on the U.K. Singles Chart in April 1963. It was followed by "Black Land Farmer". In 1959, Wink became the morning man at KHJ in Los Angeles. Wink moved a year later to the morning show at KRLA. Then finally, he moved to KFWB in 1962.
Wink Martindale Wife
As per 44bars, Sandy Ferra is the wife of Wink Martindale. His wife, Sandy Ferra is famous as the gorgeous wife of Wink Martindale. The pair dated for some years before they got officially married. On 2nd August 1975, Wink tied the knot to his beloved wife, Sandy. At present, they live in the United States. As per 44bars.com, before marrying Sandy, Wink was married to another woman named Madelyn Leech in 1954. He got divorced in the year 1972 from Madelyn Leech. As per thecelbs, he has shared four children with his ex-wife Madelyn Leech. The details about the children of Sandy and Martindale are not known since they have not been discussed about that in public. So we are unable to find their children's names.
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Is Wink Martindale Still Alive - FAQs
Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale is a radio personality, disc jockey, game show host, and television producer from America.
Wink Martindale is 88 years old.
Sandy Ferra is the wife of Wink Martindale.
Wink Martindale holds the American Nationality.
Wink Martindale has a networth of $20 Million.
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