Allen Funt’s Death – Cause and Date
Born (Birthday) September 16, 1914
Death Date September 5, 1999
Age of Death 84 years
Cause of Death Complications From A Stroke
Profession TV Show Host
The tv show host Allen Funt died at the age of 84. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Original host of TV’s Candid Camera. He presented the show, which involved everyday people’s reactions to staged pranks, from the 1940s through the 1980s.
His son, Peter Funt, co-hosted Candid Camera.
TV pioneer Allen Funt, who created and hosted the hit show “Candid Camera” and built it into a nearly 50-year career for himself, died Sunday at his home in northern California from complications of a stroke.
Quotes
"When people are smiling they are most receptive to almost anything you want to teach them.
"I learned the power of radio watching Eleanor Roosevelt do her show. I used to go up to Hyde Park and hold her papers. I was just a messenger, but it planted the bug of radio in me.