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Linkletter was famous for interviewing children and has been imitated many times in such shows as '' Kids Say The Darndest Things ''. Linkletter's daughter, Diane Linkletter , died on October 4 , 1969 , by jumping out of her sixth floor kitchen window. She was 21 years old. Several contradictory stories were brought forward, and Art Linkletter concluded that she committed suicide because she was on or having a flashback from an LSD trip. Several reports claimed that there was no involvement from LSD, but Linkletter still continues to speak out against drugs. Linkletter also lost his son Robert in an automobile accident. Linkletter recently opened the Celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of Disneyland at the age of 93. He commentated on the opening day celebrations in 1955 , and was a good friend of Walt Disney . He received a lifetime achievement Daytime Emmy in 2003, and is currently the spokesman for USA Next , a conservative alternative to the AARP . "Confessions of a Happy Man," Art Linkletter's Own Story (with , Dawn , Robert , Sharon , and Diane . It might be coincidence, but Walt Disney's children, who arrived first, were also named Sharon and Diane. Despite his squeaky-clean image, a recording exists of Linkletter and other popular comedians "working blue" at a Masquers Club roast in the mid-1950s. In recent years, the conservative Republican Linkletter has become a political organizer and a spokesman for the United Seniors Association . EXTERNAL LINKS
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