- Born
- Died
- Birth namePaul Michael Larson
- Michael Larson was born on May 10, 1949 in Ohio, USA. He died on February 16, 1999 in Apopka, Florida, USA.
- Contestant on game show Press Your Luck (1983) who won over $100,000. He had made a comprehensive study of the the patterns of the flashing lights on the game board and devised a system to avoid the "whammy".
- Cashed his Press Your Luck (1983) winning in $1 bills.
- Even though he told reporters he lost all of Press Your Luck (1983) winnings in a housing deal that went bad, that was not the case. Much of it was stolen when his house was broken into while he and Teresa McGlynn were at a Christmas party. The principals involved were never brought to justice.
- Father of Paul Michael Larson Jr.
- Common-law husband of Teresa McGlynn.
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