Monty Hall, Host of Game Show ‘Let's Make a Deal,’ Dies at 96

  • Show celebrated U.S. capitalism in all its frenzied zeal
  • Mathematicians puzzled over the ‘Monty Hall Problem’
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Monty Hall, who celebrated American capitalism in all its frenzied hopefulness as the co-creator and cash-dispensing host of the groundbreaking television game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” has died. He was 96.

He died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills, California, the New York Times reported, citing his daughter, Joanna Gleason. The cause was heart failure.