<P> Collyer taught a Sunday school class at his Presbyterian church in Connecticut for more than thirty - five years and spent some of his off time as a caretaker at his church . According to one story, a parishioner called the church one Sunday during a particularly heavy snowstorm to inquire if the church would have services that day . "Oh yes," Collyer replied, tongue in cheek, "God and I are here ." Collyer was known to have contributed to various Christian religious works, including authoring at least one religious book and making a recording of the New Testament of the Good News Bible . He wrote two inspirational books, Thou Shalt Not Fear (1962) and With the Whole Heart (1966). </P> <P> When To Tell the Truth was planned to be revived for syndication, producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman wanted Collyer to once again host the show . Collyer declined, citing poor health . When Goodson and Todman called Garry Moore about the job, he immediately called Collyer, who told Moore that "I am just not up to it ." Collyer died at age 61 from a circulatory ailment in Greenwich, Connecticut, on the same day To Tell The Truth was revived in syndication . </P> <P> At the time of his death, he was married to 1930s movie actress Marian Shockley, and was survived by her as well as his three children from his marriage to Heloise Law Green . In 1957, his son Mike appeared as a challenger on To Tell the Truth, under the name of "Pat Rizzuto". His brother, Richard V. "Dick" Heermance, film editor and producer, also appeared as a contestant on Truth as himself on October 21, 1958 . Two of the panelists voted for him, even though he looked nothing like his brother . </P> <P> Bud Collyer is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich . In 1985, he was posthumously named as one of the honorees by DC Comics in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great . </P>

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