The Price Is Right host Bob Barker dies aged 99

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He first hosted The Price Is Right in 1972.

Barker is best known for hosting theThe Navy veteran began his broadcasting career in 1950 with his own radio show, bagging his first TV gig with Truth or Consequences in 1956, which was the longest-running hame show before The Price Is Right took its title.‘It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,’ he announced.

Barker fronted The Price Is Right until 2007, and it remains the longest-running daytime game show in North American history. Despite announcing his retirement after 34 years in 2006, Barker did make a few special appearances later on. Following his final episode on June 15, 2007, he returned three times: once in 2009 to promote his autobiography, Priceless Memories, and in 2013 to celebrate his 90th birthday.

He appeared for the final time in 2015 as part of an April Fool’s joke where he swapped places with new host Drew Carey for the show’s opening.As well as the iconic show, between 1967 and 1987 he hosted the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants.

 

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