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The Price Is Right Bob Barker, wearing a suit and top hat, smiles while holding an oversized firecracker, a cream pie, a rubber hand, and a toy bow and arrow in front of a curtain. Bob Barker (right) with Ralph Edwards
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The Price Is Right Bob Barker (second from left) with models from The Price Is Right, 2007.

Bob Barker

American game show host
Also known as: Robert William Barker
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Bob Barker (born December 12, 1923, Darrington, Washington, U.S.β€”died August 26, 2023, Los Angeles, California) was a fixture on daytime television as the longtime host (1972–2007) of the game show The Price Is Right. Barker also was a noted animal rights activist. During World War II, Barker trained as a U.S. Navy fighter pilot. After graduating from Drury College (now Drury University; B.A., 1947) in Springfield, Missouri, he focused on a career in radio, eventually...

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