Bob Barker, ‘Price Is Right’ Host, Dead at 99
etonline.comhost of has died, ET has confirmed. He was 99.In a statement to ET, Barker's longtime publicist, Roger Neal, said, «It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World's Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker, has left us.» Neal also said that, per Barker's request, there will be no funeral or memorial service held in his honor.
He'll be laid to rest next to his wife, Dorothy Jo, at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. Jo died in 1981.According to TMZ, who first broke the story, Barker died of natural causes Saturday morning at his home in Los Angeles.Barker's longtime girlfriend, Nancy Burnet, had overseen Barker's health and care for many years. «I am so proud of the trailblazing work Barker, and I did together to expose the cruelty to animals in the entertainment industry and including working to improve the plight of abused and exploited animals in the United States and internationally,» she said in a statement. «We were great friends over these 40 yrs.
he will be missed.»Robert William Barker was born in Darrington, Washington, but he spent his childhood on a South Dakota Native American Reservation where his mother worked as a teacher.
The family moved to Missouri following the death of Barker’s father.Barker made a name in television, but his broadcasting career began in radio.
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