Bob Barker Dead: ‘Price Is Right’ Host Sadly Passes Away At 99

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Bob Barker’s agelong and storied beingness sadly came to an end. The longtime crippled amusement host died astatine the property of 99, TMZ reported connected Saturday, Aug. 26 via Bob’s rep. The rep told the outlet that the decease was arsenic a effect of “natural causes.” HollywoodLife has besides reached retired for comment.

The longtime The Price is Right big had a wellness scare connected Oct. 22, 2018, erstwhile helium suffered from terrible backmost symptom and was rushed by paramedics from his Hollywood Hills location to Cedars Sinai Medical Center. It’s believed that the information was related to a nasty autumn that Bob suffered successful June of 2016, erstwhile helium took a spill successful his bath that caused a flimsy caput injury. He besides suffered a atrocious fall astatine his location successful Oct. of 2015, erstwhile helium deed his caput connected concrete. He made trips to the infirmary aft some incidents.

Bob Barker has passed distant astatine the property of 99. (Shutterstock)

Although his beingness has travel to an end, Bob lived an astonishing 99 years. After serving arsenic a combatant aviator successful World War II, helium began his ain vigor amusement successful Burbank, California from 1950-1956, which preceded his vocation arsenic a crippled amusement host. From 1956-1974, helium hosted Truth Or Consequence, which is wherever his signature sign-off- salute originated. He hosted a fewer short-lived bid aft that earlier yet uncovering his location connected CBS’ The Price Is Right successful 1972. Bob is everlastingly known arsenic the look of the program, and adjacent took implicit the enforcement shaper relation successful 1988. He near the amusement successful 2007, but has made respective impermanent appearances since.

Because of his longtime vocation successful crippled amusement television, Bob holds records for longevity successful TV — helium held a weekday TV occupation continuously for 51 years, which is longer than anyone else. He besides holds the grounds of being the oldest antheral to big a regularly-scheduled crippled amusement and has 19 Emmy Awards, 14 of which are for Outstanding Game Show Host.

Bob has besides fought hard done unwellness and wounded during his agelong life, and it’s nary astonishment he’s lived truthful long. He’s survived a changeable and has had to acquisition prostate surgery, arsenic good arsenic a carotid endarterectomy to region a blockage successful an artery. When he fell and chopped his caput unfastened connected the sidewalk astatine 91 years old, helium was released from the infirmary the precise aforesaid day! Definitely a fighter.

Our thoughts are with Bob’s loved ones during this incredibly hard time.

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