Bob Barker, Iconic ‘The Price Is Right’ Host, Dead at 99

Bob Barker, the long-lasting American sport present host and animal rights activist, has died … TMZ has realized.

Barker died peacefully at his house Saturday morning in L.A. His rep tells TMZ Bob died of pure causes.

The longtime host of “The Value Is Proper” truly bought his begin in sport reveals after legendary producer Ralph Edwards found him whereas listening to Bob’s radio present and employed him for TV.

Barker began off internet hosting the long-lasting hit, “Fact or Penalties” again in 1956, on which he starred till 1975. He additionally hosted a variety of different sport reveals and packages through the years, together with “Dream Woman of ’67,” “Tattletales,” ‘Miss Universe,’ and most famously … “The Value is Proper,” which he produced and hosted till 2007.

Drew Carey took over as host, and the present continues to be extraordinarily in style to this present day.

Barker has appeared in a variety of different TV reveals and movies through the years, oftentimes starring as himself. He bought right into a battle with Adam Sandler in “Completely satisfied Gilmore,” stood in as Neil Patrick Harris‘ would-be organic father in “How I Met Your Mom,” and performed himself in plenty of different reveals like “Futurama,” “Spongebob,” “The Nanny,” “Martial Regulation” and lots of others.

He had a number of minor bouts of pores and skin most cancers through the years, and suffered a nasty fall in in 2015 and 2017 that despatched him to the ER. He fell once more in 2019, and was handled as soon as extra on the hospital. On high of that, he was transported by ambulance twice in 2018 for again points.

Secure to say, he is had quite a lot of well being scares through the years, particularly of late. After all, when the pandemic hit in 2020 … we checked in with him to see how we was dealing — and had been pleasantly stunned to be taught he was taking it in stride. Self-isolating wasn’t an issue.

We final noticed him out within the streets of Hollywood again in 2016, when he was complaining to us a couple of dangerous foot he was coping with. We chopped it up with him about TV, residuals, his basketball-playing days, and … a possible Sandler rematch. He was such an excellent sport and a candy man.

Bob’s spouse, Dorothy Jos, died of lung most cancers in 1981. That they had no kids, and he by no means remarried. Bob does, nonetheless, have prolonged household which have helped take care of him in his later years.