Bob Barker, Legendary THE PRICE IS RIGHT HOST, Dies @ 99
boyculture.comBarker — his first day on the job in 1972 (GIF via GIPHY) Bob Barker, who set a record with his long-running hosting gig on The Price Is Right, and who went on to become associated with spaying and neutering pets, died Saturday at 99.
TMZ was first to report the news. Barker would have turned 100 in December, so: Barker was born December 12, 1923, in Darrington, Washington, was in the Navy Reserve in WWII and worked in radio until landing his own show, The Bob Barker Show (1950-1956).
His TV game-show career, the most iconic in history, began with his work hosting Truth or Consequences (1956-1975), and continued with his signature work hosting The Price Is Right for a record-breaking 35 years (1972-2007).
With on the show, Barker was famous for his crisp, jocular banter with often out-of-their-mind-with-excitement contestants, who had to bid on prizes in order to get into the game, and who then had to win an individual game — patiently or impatiently explained by Barker — in order to win a chance to spin a wheel.
