Once a chubby big band crooner - not bad, I'm told. Made his original fortune through television properties, like Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and his own syndicated talk show (later one of CBS' really
bad investments, their first big entry in the late-night wars). He sold the business and became a resort-property mogul (a Donald Trump with an equally erratic Midas Touch and equally feline landing gear) and old-time showbiz
raconteur of no small note.