The Price Is RightThe silver-haired Barker, host offrom 1972 to 2007, won 19 Daytime Emmy awards, the top US television honors, and also was known for a memorable comic turn playing himself in the hit 1996 filmBarker died on Saturday, August 26 morning of natural causes at his longtime Hollywood Hills, California, home, his publicist Roger Neal said.
A studio announcer would bray “Come on down!” as one by one excited contestants would trot out of a studio audience down to the stage. Exuberant contestants occasionally would bear-hug and even tackle Barker. Over the years, he handed out more than $300 million in cash and prizes like cars, appliances and trips.
Barker was known for pro-animal causes and campaigned for them into his 90s. He would end episodes ofby urging viewers to get their pets spayed and neutered to control the animal population and began a foundation to subsidize the practices. He also spoke out against the treatment of animals in zoos, rodeos and circuses.
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