Bob Barker, popular U.S. host and actor, died of natural causes at the age of 99.

Last Updated on 08/30/2023 by てんしょく飯

Bob Barker, popular American host and actor, has died at the age of 99.

　According to TMZ, he died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles on the morning of August 26.

Bob’s representative released a statement saying, “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Bob Barker, the greatest MC of all time.

Bob, known for hosting the quiz show “The Price is Right” for 35 years from 1972, was injured in a fall at his Hollywood Hills home in 2019 and was treated by paramedics; the year before that, he was hospitalized twice in one month after suffering severe back pain; and in 2017, he was also hospitalized after a fall at his home In 2017, he was taken to the hospital after hitting his head due to a fall at home.

Bob was the host of the popular game show Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975, the Miss Universe World pageant and Miss USA for 20 years beginning in 1967, and The Price is Right, which he hosted until his retirement in 2007, He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2004, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and had a stage named after him at the CBS Television City studio complex. A stage in Bob’s name has been installed at the CBS Television City studio complex.

He was also an actor, appearing as himself in the animated cartoon Futurama and the TV comedy How I Met Your Mother.

Meanwhile, Barker was also sued by several women claiming harassment and wrongful termination. Diane Parkinson, one of the models on the show, sued Bob for sexual harassment in 1994 for $8 million (the suit was later dropped), and another model, Holly Hallstrom, sued Bob in 1995 for being fired for being overweight and won a settlement. She won a settlement.

Born December 12, 1923, in Darrington, Washington, and raised on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, Mission, South Dakota, Bob became a World War II naval aviation cadet while in college and married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Jo Gideon, in 1945. When the war ended, he returned to school and began a long career in show business, working at a local radio station. His wife, Dorothy, died of lung cancer in 1981, and she and Bob never had children during their 36-year marriage.