Chuck Woolery, former sport present host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble,” has died on the age of 83.
Woolery died at his dwelling in Texas within the presence of his spouse, Kristen, his buddy and podcast co-host Mark Younger instructed The Related Press. Alongside along with his spouse, Woolery is survived by his sons Michael and Sean and his daughter Melissa.
“Chuck Woolery was without doubt the Real Deal. Our 7 years as the original host and hostess on Wheel of Fortune were like magic,” Susan Stafford, who was Chuck Woolery’s co-host on “Wheel of Fortune,” mentioned in a press release to Fox Information.
“Our deep friendship continued after our time on the show,” the assertion continued. “He was an original. There was no one like Chuck. He had so much energy and was the same warm caring genuine person offstage as he was on. He was very spiritual and we shared a true love for God which made it even more worthwhile. So grateful to know I will see him again.”
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Recreation present host Chuck Woolery attends the Meow Combine Assume Like a Cat Recreation Present Premiere on November 12, 2008, in Hollywood, California. (Getty Photographs)
Woolery was inducted into the American TV Recreation Present Corridor of Fame in 2007 and earned a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978.
In 1983, Woolery started an 11-year stint as host of “Love Connection,” throughout which period he coined the phrase, “We’ll be back in two minutes and two seconds.” In 1984, he started internet hosting “Scrabble,” concurrently internet hosting each sport reveals till 1990.
Different reveals he hosted embody “Lingo,” “Greed” and “The Chuck Woolery Show,” in addition to the short-lived syndicated revival of “The Dating Game” from 1998 to 2000. In 1992, he performed himself in two episodes of “Melrose Place.”
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Chuck Woolery on the “Game Show Networks 2003 Winter TCA Tour” on the Renaissance Lodge in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003. (Getty Photographs)
Woolery was the topic of the Recreation Present Community’s first try at a actuality present, “Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned,” which premiered in 2003 and lasted six episodes.
Woolery started his TV profession on “Wheel of Fortune,” which debuted Jan. 6, 1975, on NBC.
“Wheel of Fortune” began life as “Shopper’s Bazaar.” After Woolery appeared on “The Merv Griffin Show” singing “Delta Dawn,” Griffin requested that he host the brand new present with Stafford.
NBC initially handed, however they modified it to “Wheel of Fortune” and had been accredited. After a couple of years, Woolery demanded a increase to $500,000 a 12 months, or what host Peter Marshall was making on “Hollywood Squares.” Griffin rejected the request and changed Woolery with Pat Sajak, who, together with Vanna White, are mostly related to the present.
Chuck Woolery performs on the “Game Show Networks 2003 Winter TCA Tour” on the Renaissance Lodge in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003. (Getty Photographs)
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Woolery, who was born in Ashland, Kentucky, served within the U.S. Navy earlier than attending faculty. He performed double bass in a people trio earlier than beginning the psychedelic rock duo, The Avant-Garde, in 1967 whereas he labored as a truck driver to assist himself as a musician.
Following his TV profession, Woolery started podcasting. He instructed The New York Occasions that he described himself as a gun-rights activist, a conservative-libertarian and constitutionalist, noting that he had not revealed his politics in liberal Hollywood over worry of retribution.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
