Recreation present veteran Chuck Woolery who hosted the unique variations of Wheel Of Fortune and Love Connection, died Nov. 23. He was 83.
Woolery’s passing was introduced on X by his longtime buddy and Blunt Forth Reality podcast co-host Mark Younger.
“It’s with a damaged coronary heart that I let you know that my expensive brother @chuckwoolery has simply handed away,” he wrote. “Life is not going to be the identical with out him.”
Younger instructed TMZ that Woolery died at his Texas residence after experiencing hassle respiratory.
Woolery, who began his profession as a singer and was half of pop duo The Avant-Garde, was employed as Wheel Of Fortune host when the present first launched in 1975. After internet hosting this system for six years, he was changed by Pat Sajak.
Love Connection additionally launched in 1983 with Woolery as its first host, a job he held for 11 years. Different recreation exhibits he has hosted/co-hosted by means of the years embrace Scrabble (1984–1990 and its short-lived 1993 revival), Residence & Household (1996–1998), The Relationship Recreation (1997–1999), Greed (1999–2000), and Lingo (2002–2007). He additionally hosted his personal speak present, The Chuck Woolery Present, which had a short run in 1991.
Woolery visitor starred as himself on a lot of collection, together with It’s Garry Shandling’s Present, Melrose Place, Sister, Sister and Scrubs.
In 2012, he started internet hosting a nationally syndicated radio present, Save Us Chuck Woolery. Two years later, it morphed right into a podcast which was retitled Blunt Pressure Reality.
Identified for his conservative views, Woolery discovered himself in a number of controversies over the previous decade involving such topics as Covid and antisemitism.
