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Mike Stokey was an American game show host and producer, best known for Pantomime Quiz and its later incarnation, Stump the Stars. He also produced early TV specials, including A Christmas Carol in 1949, for the Jerry Fairbanks Company. Stokey also hosted Beat the Odds while it was presented at KTLA.
His ex-wife was B-movie actress Pamela Blake, with whom he had one son, Mike Stokey Jr., former USMC Vietnam veteran, whose career as a technical advisor on war movies led to his working with many notable movie giants, including Steven Spielberg. Mike Stokey Jr. recently published a book titled "River of Perfumes", about his experience during the battle of Hue in 1968.
He died from complications from liver disease on September 7, 2003 in Las Vegas.
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