When producers hired Barker to host “The Price Is Right” in 1972, they hit the jackpot. The game show had faded significantly from its glory days in the late ‘50s and had been punted by two networks before it landed at CBS.
When producers hired Barker to host “The Price Is Right” in 1972, they hit the jackpot. The game show had faded significantly from its glory days in the late ‘50s and had been punted by two networks before it landed at CBS.
I could’ve sworn he was already dead. I guess I’m from a different universe and have a good memory, it’s the only logical explanation.
He retired from hosting the show a while ago (Drew Carey has hosted since 2007). Maybe that’s what you remember, and somewhere along the line, your memory mistakenly replaced “retired” with “died”.
That’s my boring, single-universe guess, anyway.
I knew he didn’t die then, I guess I just thought he retired for health reasons as opposed to old age. idk.
Entertainers who stop entertaining do tend to lead to assumptions that they passed away.
I thought so too, I guess I combined him with Alex Trebek’s death.