Paul Lynde, I Never Knew Ye

Last night on A&E they did a biography on Paul Lynde, the famous screaming queen square in the middle of the Hollywood Squares.
I knew from childhood that he was gay, what I didn't know was he was a mean drunk and obsessively compulsive about his house.
He once had a housewarming and made all the guests stay outside so they didn't mess anything up (Typical Gemini, my ex was the same way about her pristine apartment).
One time at a gay bar, some guy started giving him a hard time and he put his cigarette out on the guy's cheek. Damn, now that's what I call a mean drunk.
Toward the end of his Hollywood Squares gig, he had writers doing all his ad lib remarks for him.
He sobered up before he died at age 55.