Cyndy Garvey (née Cynthia Truhan) (born July 16, 1949,

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) is an American television personality and former wife of baseball player Steve Garvey.

Career

Cyndy Garvey replaced Sarah Purcell as Regis Philbin's co-host of the local news/talk show ''A.M. Los Angeles'' on KABC-TV from 1978 to 1981. She is perhaps best known as a co-host, with Bryant Gumbel, of the novelty sports series '' Games People Play'' (1980). From 1983 to 1984, she was Regis Philbin's co-host on '' The Morning Show'', on

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, the show which later became the nationally syndicated '' Live with Kelly and Ryan''. In 1986, she participated for two weeks as a celebrity guest on '' The $25,000 Pyramid''.

Personal life

She married Steve Garvey on October 27, 1971; they divorced in 1983. The couple had two daughters.

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