The Briefing Room
General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 03, 2012, 02:15:36 pm
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http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/03/richard-dawson-dead-family-feud-host/ (http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/03/richard-dawson-dead-family-feud-host/)
Richard Dawson
Dead at 79
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Richard Dawson, the legendary host of "Family Feud," has died from complications due to esophageal cancer ... this according to his son.
Gary Dawson posted a Facebook message early this morning that read:
"It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my father passed away this evening from complications due to esophageal cancer. He was surrounded by his family. He was an amazing talent, a loving husband, a great dad, and a doting grandfather. He will be missed but always remembered..."
Dawson hosted "Feud" from 1976-1985, and then from 1994-1995. He was also famous for being a regular on "The Match Game" and for appearing in the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger action film "The Running Man." One of his biggest roles -- Dawson played Capt. Peter Newkirk on "Hogan's Heros," a wildly popular show in the 60's.
Dawson was married to Gretchen Johnson ... interesting fact -- he met her when she was part of a contestant family on The Feud and got hitched in 1991. Dawson was famous during the first run of the show for kissing all the female contestants -- he was known as "The Kissing Bandit." But in the second run, he kissed no one -- a promise he made to Gretchen.
Prior to Gretchen, Dawson was married to Diana Dors, a sex symbol back in the day. They had 2 sons.
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".....and the survey says??"
RIP!
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I liked Richard in Match Game.
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He's probably already got the Angels and the Cherubim working on survey answers.
Survey Sez!