Bob Barker, longtime host of 'The Price Is Right' and animal rights activist, dies at 99

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Bob Barker, the beloved longtime host of the popular TV game show 'The Price Is Right' and an animal-rights activist, died Saturday morning. He was 99.

Bob Barker, the former longtime host of the popular TV game show "The Price Is Right" and an animal-rights activist, died Saturday morning. He was 99.Barker was a winner of 19 Daytime Emmy Awards. Also received an Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999 and was inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame in 2004.

Barker contributed $5 million to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a marine wildlife and environmental protection group, to help end international whaling. The society named a ship in their fleet the "Bob Barker."DEVELOPING: More details will be added to this report as they become available.

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