Chuck Woolery, Host of 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'Love Connection,' Dies at 83

The Hollywood Reporter ^ | November 23, 2024 | Mike Barnes

[PallMal]

Chuck Woolery, the charismatic game show host who kicked off the long run of Wheel of Fortune before spending 11 years playing matchmaker on Love Connection, has died. He was 83.

[PallMal]

The original Wheel Of Fortune host.

R.I.P.

[Lazamataz]

Chuck was the best.

[PghBaldy]

Sad news. He did have charisma. Happy memories of watching game shows when sick from school. R.I.P.

[PghBaldy]

Funny? Odd? “Love Connection” clip: https://youtu.be/yQhcGnQiLgs?si=TrLT4uOrCCQFmYtX

[Libloather]

[Ciaphas Cain]

Woolery was a conservative. Especially about the Second Amendment.

[raccoonradio]

Also had #40 pop hit Naturally Stoned
in 1968 as part of duo Avant Garde

[Libloather]

[Kriggerel]

Those of us, who are children of the Seventies also remember him on New Zoo Revue.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

We’ll be back in 2 and 2.

[EnquiringMind]

This news makes me sad. He was such a good person and a good Republican.😥

[MayflowerMadam]

He was married to Ozzie Nelson’s granddaughter for a while.

[roving]

I was following him on Twitter. He was a conservative and this is sad.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Who’s getting his watch collection?

[xp38]

RIP....didn’t follow him much in his heyday but in later years was a surprising conservative. As in anyone from entertainment being conservative surprises me these days. Thanks Chuck!

[Bob434]

I beleive pat sajak is a conservative too. Both are legends of TV entertainment.

[pfflier]

He was a plank owner on the USS Enterprise CVN-65 while in the navy.

[lee martell]

Chuck was a man of his time. The perfect host for a show like Love Connection. Fun, but always professional.
He kept the show family friendly, unlike the current host for Family Feud, who relies on slutty jokes most the time.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

[Larry Lucido]

Love it!

Is it my imagination or was hair bigger back then?