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There are new details in the wake of the recent passing of legendary television host Bob Barker. Not long after confirming the Price Is Right icon had died at the age of 99 on Saturday, his longtime publicist Roger Neal announced that there will not be a funeral or a memorial service, according to Entertainment Tonight. The decision was made not to have any public services at the request of Barker himself. Neal went on to reveal that the game show host will be laid to rest next to his wife, Dorothy Jo Gideon, at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in...

Bob Barker, the iconic American game show host and animal rights activist, has died ... TMZ has learned. Barker died peacefully at his home Saturday morning in L.A. His rep tells TMZ Bob died of natural causes. The longtime host of "The Price Is Right" actually got his start in game shows after legendary producer Ralph Edwards discovered him while listening to Bob's radio show and hired him for TV. Barker started off hosting the iconic hit, "Truth or Consequences" back in 1956, on which he starred until 1975. He also hosted a number of other game shows and programs...

I must admit to spending a good deal of this month reliving my childhood by watching reruns of the Bob Barker era of ‘The Price is Right.’ Come on Down! The streaming service Pluto.tv launched the Bob Barker Era ‘Price is Right’ Channel in early December. I couldn’t resist taking a peek. And I’ll confess that I’ve spent a number of hours this month watching those old shows. Pluto.tv escaped my notice until I learned about their ‘Price’ plans. It turns out ViacomCBS now owns the streaming service. It also owns CBS, the network where The Price is Right made...

One of America’s favorite game shows “The Price Is Right” donated nearly $100,000 to the abortion chain Planned Parenthood on Monday night. Yahoo News reports the CBS special “The Price Is Right at Night” featured celebrity guest drag queen RuPaul playing for donations to the billion-dollar abortion group. According to the report, the show matched the contestants’ winnings with a donation to RuPaul’s charity of choice, and the contestants won prizes valued at $97,266. On the show, RuPaul said he chose Planned Parenthood because it “provides vital and often free services to both men and women.” But many fans were...

It has been said that politics makes strange bedfellows. Well, there is no finer example of that statement than the recent votes on the Trade Promotion Authority. Free trade has long been advanced by conservatives who understand the need to expand our markets beyond our borders. On the other side stands the democrats and the radical left who fear competition and doubt AmericaÂ’s exceptionalism. Yesterday, the Senate cleared the 60 vote hurdle to bring the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) up for a vote. I for one, welcome President Obama to the side of common sense solutions, to help solve the...

Bob Barker is heading toward his last showcase, his final "Come on down." ADVERTISEMENT The silver-haired daytime-TV icon is retiring in June, he told The Associated Press Tuesday. "I will be 83 years old on December 12," he said, "and I've decided to retire while I'm still young." He'll hang up his microphone after 35 years as the host of "The Price Is Right" and 50 years overall in television. Though he has been considering retirement for "at least 10 years," Barker said he has so much fun doing the show that he hasn't been able to leave. "I've gone...

The house in the link above was listed at least once at $143,000. Then, 10 days later, it was listed for $130,000 here: Click here for 1st relist. Again, it was listed here on September 14: Click here for 2nd relist. The listing claims that they've reduced it 18,000 -- so perhaps it had been listed for even more earlier. That's a pretty good drop in price.

Television's iron man continues to forge on. Bob Barker will start his 35th season as the host of "The Price Is Right" on Sept. 18. Johnny Carson once held the record for continuous tenure with the same show: 29 years. Barker broke it in 2002. And Merv Griffin's game-show classics "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" are years behind "Price," the longest-running game show in TV history. Barker's approach, like the show's set, has remained essentially unchanged since he arrived Sept. 4, 1972 to host what was then called "The New Price Is Right": wholesome, playful and family friendly. He's weathered...

Entertainment Industry Foundation Mourns Death of Famed TV and Radio Announcer Rod Roddy; Memorial Fund Established in Roddy's Honor Statement From Katie Couric Expresses Gratitude for Roddy's Efforts to Raise Colon Cancer Awareness LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (EIF's NCCRA) joins the world in mourning the passing of famed "Price Is Right" announcer Rod Roddy. Roddy has been an EIF's NCCRA Ambassador for the last two years, participating in TV, radio and print Public Service Announcements urging people to "Come On Down and Get a Colonoscopy." EIF's NCCRA Co-founder Katie...