Birth Name: Mervyn Edward Griffin, Jr.
Date of Birth: July 6, 1925
Place of Birth: San Mateo, California, United States
Date of Death: August 12, 2007
Place of Death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Irish, possibly some English
Merv Griffin Jr. was an American television host and businessperson. He had a son with his former wife, Julann Wright.
Merv’s paternal grandparents were Bartholomew Griffin and Mary A. Murray.
Merv’s maternal grandparents were Francis H. Robinson and Katherine Frances Thornton.
Sources: Merv’s father on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Merv’s mother on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
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