Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of 'Truth or Consequences'' and 'The Price Is Right,'' has died at his home in Los Angeles, his publicist says.
in 1972. It would become TV’s longest-running game show and the last on a broadcast network of what in TV’s early days had numbered dozens.
Barker was back with Carey for one show broadcast in April 2009. He was there to promote the publication of his memoir,, in which he summed up his joy from hosting the show as the opportunity “to watch people reveal themselves and to watch the excitement and humor unfold.”He well understood the attraction of, in which audience members, invited to “Come on down!” to the stage, competed for prizes by trying to guess their retail value.
As a TV personality, Barker retained a touch of the old school, for instance, no wireless microphone for him. Like the mic itself, the mic cord served him well as a prop, insouciantly flicked and finessed.His career longevity, he said, was the result of being content. “I had the opportunity to do this type of show and I discovered I enjoyed it… People who do something that they thoroughly enjoy and they started doing it when they’re very young, I don’t think they want to stop.
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