Legendary ‘The Price Is Right’ Host Bob Barker Dead at 99

Mari Galaviz added this on August 26, 2023
Bob Barker during “The Price is Right” 34th Season Premiere – Taping at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Jesse Grant/WireImage).

TV legend Bob Barker, known for hosting “The Price Is Right” for 35 years, has died, Page Six can confirm. He was 99.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,” his rep told us Saturday (August 26). According to TMZ, the game show host died peacefully in his Los Angeles home Saturday morning of “natural causes.”

Barker hosted “Truth or Consequences” from 1956 to 1975. He hosted shows like “End of the Rainbow,” “The Family Game,” “Simon Says,” and “That’s My Line.” In 1972, he hosted “The Price is Right,” solidifying his legacy.

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