Bob Barker, Longtime Host Of ‘The Price Is Right’, Dead At 99
etcanada.comBob Barker, longtime host of daytime game show “The Price Is Right”, has died at age 99. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,” Barker’s publicist Roger Neal said in a statement, as reported by Today.
Barker launched his broadcasting career in 1950, hosting radio’s “The Bob Barker Show” before venturing into the then-new medium of television. READ MORE: Bob Barker Joins PETA In Slamming ‘Zoo’ For Use Of Wild Animals In 1956, he was tapped to host “Truth or Consequences”, NBC’s TV version of its popular radio game show.
The show became a hit, going into syndication in 1966. Barker continued to host until it went off the air in 1975. Meanwhile, in 1972 he began hosting CBS game show “The Price Is Right”, a revival of an earlier series that debuted in 1956 and ran until 1965.
In 1975, the network capitalized on the show’s success by expanding it from 30 to 60 minutes, becoming television’s first-ever hour-long game show.
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