Game show host Chuck Woolery dies at 83
Chuck Woolery, the veteran game show host who rose to fame as the original host behind “Wheel of Fortune” and later as the face of the popular syndicated dating show “Love Connection,” has died. He was 83.
The news was first reported on social media site Life won’t be the same without him, RIP brother.”
The website TMZ confirmed the news, reporting that Woolery died at his home in Texas after having trouble breathing.
Woolery, who spent more than a decade as host of “Love Connection” (where he famously told viewers before the commercial breaks that the show would be back in “two and two”), became known in recent years as a conservative host of a talk show. and expert. He hosted a nationally syndicated radio commentary show, “Save Us Chuck Woolery,” as well as the podcast “Blunt Force Truth,” with Young as his co-host.
But before focusing on politics, Woolery’s game show was bona fide, including hosting “Wheel of Fortune” from 1975 to 1981, before Pat Sajak took over. He was also known for hosting the gamer “Scrabble,” a season of the talker “The Chuck Woolery Show” and the original version of the daytime talk show “Home & Family” on Family Channel.
Woolery also hosted “The Dating Game,” the Game Show Network primetime game show “Greed” and “Lingo.” He also played himself in ‘227’, ‘Cold Feet’ and ‘Scrubs’, and then starred in a reality show about his life called ‘Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned’.
Woolery was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007.
Before his TV career, Woolery served in the U.S. Navy and then began his career as a recording artist with the music group The Avante-Garde, which had a top 40 hit with “Naturally Stoned.” He later had a handful of solo songs on the country chart.
