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Bob Barker, longtime 'The Price Is Right' host, dies at 99 – MSN

(KTLA) – Bob Barker, the longtime host of the gameshow “The Price is Right,” has died at the age of 99.

Barker’s publicist Roger Neal confirmed his death to Nexstar on Saturday. Neal told Nexstar that Barker died “peacefully” at his Hollywood Hills home around 8 a.m. Pacific time.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker, has left us,” Neal said in a statement included with his PR firm’s obituary of Barker.

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In 1950, Barker and his wife Dorothy Jo Gideon moved to California where Barker landed his own radio show. It was on this show that Barker attracted the attention of game show producer Ralph Edwards, who picked Barker to host “Truth or…


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WURD Radio parts with longtime host due to handling of President Biden interview – NBC10 Philadelphia

WURD Radio and longtime host Andrea Lawful-Sanders have parted ways following an interview with President Joe Biden that happened last week.

Following the separation, both the president of WURD Radio and Lawful-Sanders have provided statements that give some insight into what led to the falling out.

“On July 3, the first post-debate interview with President Joe Biden was arranged and negotiated independently by WURD Radio host Andrea Lawful-Sanders without knowledge, consultation or collaboration with WURD management. The interview featured pre-determined questions provided by the White House, which violates our practice of remaining an independent media outlet accountable to our listeners. As a result, Ms. Lawful-Sanders and WURD Radio have mutually agreed to…


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Longtime “CBS Sunday Morning” host Charles Osgood dies at age 91

CBS News journalist Charles Osgood, the host of “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades, died Tuesday at 91 years old. According to CBS News, Osgood was living with dementia for a period of time before his death.

Osgood spent 45 years at CBS News before retiring in 2016. During his tenure at “Sunday Morning”, the show reached some of its highest ratings levels in three decades, and earned the Daytime Emmy as Outstanding Morning Program on three different occasions. His tenure on “Sunday Morning” was in fact longer than the show’s original host, Charles Kuralt. Jane Pauley, who took over hosting duties of “Sunday Morning” after Osgood retired, shared: “Watching him at work was a masterclass in communicating. I’ll still think to myself, ‘How would Charlie…


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Longtime HGTV Host Dies | Heavy.com

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Longtime HGTV host Carol Duvall died on July 31, according to the Detroit Free Press. She was 97 years old.

Longtime HGTV host Carol Duvall died on July 31, according to the Detroit Free Press. She was 97 years old.

Duvall was best known for doing arts and crafts on “The Carol Duvall Show,” which ran on HGTV from 1994 until 2005, per the Internet Movie Database.

While Duvall became known nationally in the ’90s, she had been on TV for more than 50 years, the Record-Eagle reported in 2017. Her first gig was hosting TV in Detroit during the ’50s, the outlet said.

“I was always interested in theater,” Duvall told the outlet at the time. “To me, it…


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