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Bob Barker of ‘The Price is Right’ dies at age 99

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Publicist Roger Neal says popular game show host Bob Barker — a household name for a half-century as host of ‘Truth or Consequences’ and ‘The Price Is Right’ — died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 99 on Saturday morning.

Barker retired in June 2007, telling his studio audience: “I thank you, thank you, thank you for inviting me into your home for more than 50 years.”

In all, he taped more than 5,000 shows in his career. He said he was retiring because “I’m just reaching the age where the constant effort to be there and do the show physically is a lot for me… Better (to leave) a year too soon than a year too late.” Comedian Drew Carey was chosen to replace him.

He well understood the attraction of 'The Price Is Right,' in which audience members, invited to “Come on down!” to the stage, competed for prizes by trying to guess their retail value.

“Everyone can identify with prices, even the president of the United States. Viewers at home become involved because they all have an opinion on the bids,” Barker once said.

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