Chuck Woolery, former recreation present host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble,” has died on the age of 83.
Woolery died at his residence in Texas within the presence of his spouse, Kristen, his good friend and podcast co-host Mark Younger informed The Related Press. Alongside along with his spouse, Woolery is survived by his sons Michael and Sean and his daughter Melissa.
“Chuck Woolery was doubtless the Actual Deal. Our 7 years as the unique host and hostess on Wheel of Fortune have been like magic,” Susan Stafford, who was Chuck Woolery’s co-host on “Wheel of Fortune,” stated in a press release to Fox Information.
“Our deep friendship continued after our time on the present,” the assertion continued. “He was an unique. There was nobody like Chuck. He had a lot power and was the identical heat caring real particular person offstage as he was on. He was very religious and we shared a real love for God which made it much more worthwhile. So grateful to know I’ll see him once more.”
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Recreation present host Chuck Woolery attends the Meow Combine Suppose Like a Cat Recreation Present Premiere on November 12, 2008, in Hollywood, California. (Getty Photos)
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 again in two minutes and two seconds.” In 1984, he started internet hosting “Scrabble,” concurrently internet hosting each recreation reveals till 1990.
Different reveals he hosted embody “Lingo,” “Greed” and “The Chuck Woolery Present,” in addition to the short-lived syndicated revival of “The Relationship Recreation” from 1998 to 2000. In 1992, he performed himself in two episodes of “Melrose Place.”
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Chuck Woolery on the “Recreation Present Networks 2003 Winter TCA Tour” on the Renaissance Resort in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003. (Getty Photos)
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 Present” singing “Delta Daybreak,” Griffin requested that he host the brand new present with Stafford.
NBC initially handed, however they modified it to “Wheel of Fortune” and have been accredited. After a couple of years, Woolery demanded a elevate to $500,000 a yr, 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 “Recreation Present Networks 2003 Winter TCA Tour” on the Renaissance Resort in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003. (Getty Photos)
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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 folks trio earlier than beginning the psychedelic rock duo, The Avant-Garde, in 1967 whereas he labored as a truck driver to help himself as a musician.
Following his TV profession, Woolery started podcasting. He informed The New York Instances 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 concern of retribution.
The Related Press contributed to this report.