Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with

Wink Martindale, a radio and television entertainer known to audiences as host of classic game shows including “Tic-Tac-Dough” and “Gambit,” has died. He was 91.

Wink Martindale, the host of game shows like “Tic-Tac-Dough,” “Headline Chasers” and “High Rollers,” has died at 91. He died Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif., “surrounded by family and his beloved wife of 49 years, Sandra Martindale,” his family said in a statement.