Focus on the Family Daily Broadcast
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U.S. Air Date: December 17, 2008
Art Linkletter: My Life and Times (Part 1 of 3)

Hollywood icon Art Linkletter talks about his life, his faith and how to stay active and find purpose in the second half of life. (Part 1 of 3)
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Guest Biography
Legendary radio and television icon Art Linkletter has been a show business star for more than 60 years. A 3-time Emmy Award winner, he hosted two of the longest- running shows in broadcast history: House Party (25 years) and People Are Funny (19 years). Art has authored 23 books including Kids Say the Darndest Things, which is in the top 15 best-sellers in American publishing history. He also co-hosted a TV show of the same title in the late '90s. Art and his wife, Lois, have 5 children, 2 of whom are deceased.
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