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Longtime 'Price Is Right' host Bob Barker dies at 99
By Amy Blaszyk[NPR] Game show host Bob Barker has died at the age of 99. "It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World's Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us," publicist Roger Neal said in a statement. Barker, whose career spanned more than eight decades, was best known as the longtime host of The Price Is Right on CBS. In 2002, he broke Johnny Carson's record for continuous performances on the same network TV show. Barker began hosting The Price is Right when Richard Nixon was in the White House. He remained with the show for 35 years before retiring in 2007. Even at the end of his career, the then-80-something host was still taping five shows a week. Read the rest at the link Posted by: badanov 2023-08-27 |
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