A publicist says popular game show host 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. Barker was 99.
Barker - also a longtime animal rights activist - died Saturday morning, according to publicist Roger Neal.
In a 1996 interview with The Associated Press, Barker recalled receiving the news that he had been hired: “I know exactly where I was, I know exactly how I felt: I hung up the phone and said to my wife, 'Dorothy Jo, I got it!”' In all, he taped more than 5,000 shows in his career. He said he was retiring because “I'm just reaching the age where the constant effort to be there and do the show physically is a lot for me. ... Better a year too soon than a year too late.” Comedian Drew Carey was chosen to replace him.
“I want the contestants to feel as though they're guests in my home,” he said in 1996. “Perhaps my feeling of respect for them comes across to viewers, and that may be one of the reasons why I've lasted.”
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