Posted on 08/26/2023 10:04:39 AM PDT by Drew68
Bob Barker, the iconic American game show host and animal rights activist, has died ... TMZ has learned.
Barker died peacefully at his home Saturday morning in L.A. His rep tells TMZ Bob died of natural causes.
The longtime host of "The Price Is Right" actually got his start in game shows after legendary producer Ralph Edwards discovered him while listening to Bob's radio show and hired him for TV.
Barker started off hosting the iconic hit, "Truth or Consequences" back in 1956, on which he starred until 1975. He also hosted a number of other game shows and programs over the years, including "Dream Girl of '67," "Tattletales," 'Miss Universe,' and most famously ... "The Price is Right," which he produced and hosted until 2007.
Drew Carey took over as host, and the show continues to be extremely popular to this day.
Barker has appeared in a number of other TV shows and films over the years, oftentimes starring as himself. He got into a fight with Adam Sandler in "Happy Gilmore," stood in as Neil Patrick Harris' would-be biological father in "How I Met Your Mother," and played himself in lots of other shows like "Futurama," "Spongebob," "The Nanny," "Martial Law" and many others.
He had several minor bouts of skin cancer over the years, and suffered a nasty fall in in 2015 and 2017 that sent him to the ER. He fell again in 2019, and was treated once more at the hospital. On top of that, he was transported by ambulance twice in 2018 for back issues.
Safe to say, he's had a lot of health scares over the years, especially of late. Of course, when the pandemic hit in 2020 ... we checked in with him to see how we was dealing -- and were pleasantly surprised to learn he was taking it in stride. Self-isolating wasn't a problem.
We last saw him out in the streets of Hollywood back in 2016, when he was complaining to us about a bad foot he was dealing with. We chopped it up with him about TV, residuals, his basketball-playing days, and ... a potential Sandler rematch. He was such a good sport and a sweet guy.
Bob's wife, Dorothy Jos, died of lung cancer in 1981. They had no children, and he never remarried. Bob does, however, have extended family that have helped care for him in his later years.
Bob was 99. RIP.
We all grew up with Looney Tunes and Bob Barker on the TV. RIP.
Oh, and don’t forget to spay or neuter your pets.
RIP, Bob.
I can't recall any other game show host who was disabled like Cullen was.
-PJ
One would hope so.
Huge animal lover and activist. RIP.
Born in Darrington, WA on Dec 12, 1923.
Grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in SD where his Mom was a teacher.
Went to HS in Springfield, MO.
Joined the Navy in WWII and trained as a fighter pilot. Commissioned as an Ensign Dec 6, 1944. Active duty until Nov 24, 1945. Remained in the Naval Reserve until 1960.
Black belt in Karate. Also earned a red belt in tang soo do karate under Chuck Norris.
I guess that ends my days of playing the drinking game, “Hi, Bob!”
Bob Newhart is still with us, he’s 93.
RIP Bob.
“when he was complaining to us about a bad foot he was dealing with. We chopped it up with him ... “
Wow. What a sport to allow a foot to be chopped up. He took it in stride.
USMC Veteran. He even played one on a NCIS episode.
Come on Down....
You’re the Next Contestant on
The Price Is Right!!!
RIP
Yeah. He was having it on with the blond girl.
Can't recall her name though. She later sued him
for sexual harassment or something like that. Bob
always had some really attractive women working for
him. I grew up on that show. And I remember watching
the Truth or Consequences show too, but I don't remember
what it was about.
At 99 years of age, he bid the over.
One of the last of the GI Generation.
And I remember watching the Truth or Consequences show too, but I don’t remember what it was about.
Facts and outcomes? 😉
“Come on Down....
You’re the Next Contestant on
The Price Is Right!!!”
My sister was a contestant on The Price Is Right in the 1980s and won about $3000 in prizes. She said the other contestant was so nervous she vomited in a glass of water.
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