Peter Marshall, longtime "Hollywood Squares" host, dies at 98

Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on "The Hollywood Squares," has died. He was 98.

Marshall died of kidney failure Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced in a statement provided to CBS News through his publicist.

Marshall helped define the form of the smooth, professional, but never-too-serious modern game show host on more than 5,000 episodes of the series that ran on NBC from 1966 to 1981.