Death
Steve Ihnat was married to Sally Carter-Ihnat who had been a Playboy Playmate of the Month in May 1962. Sally had a daughter from a previous marriage. Steve's son, Stefan, was born one month before Steve died. At the age of thirty-seven, he suffered a heart attack while visiting the Cannes Film Festival in France, where he was promoting his "Do Not Throw Cushions in the Ring." He died on his wife's 30th birthday. His death was later announced on the Emmys telecast.
Ihnat is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. His son, Stefan, who died at age 32 from complications of diabetes, is interred next to him.
Sally Carter-Ihnat was married to Hollywood Squares host Peter Marshall from 1977 to 1988.
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