Skip to main content
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Home For You Chat My Shows Register/Login Games Grosses

'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at age 79.

New Post Search Report Abuse Rules

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

#1

'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at age 79.

Posted: 6/3/12 at 11:17am

Richard Dawson, the original host of 'Family Feud' died last night from complications related to esophageal cancer, according to ABC News. He starred in 'Hogan’s Heroes' and appeared on 'The New Dick Van Dyke Show' and 'Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In', but he’s best known for turning 'Feud' into a cultural phenomenon after it debuted in 1976.

I enjoyed watching him on 'Family Feud' and 'Match Game' on GSN. RIP.


'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at age 79
#2

'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at age 79.

Posted: 6/3/12 at 12:23pm

Aww...RIP. They don't have tv hosts like him anymore.

The classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpSbeiPLB30

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#3

'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at age 79.

Posted: 6/3/12 at 12:43pm

They don't have game shows like that anymore. He was one of the best.The Feud without him is like toast without butter
Poster Emeritus
#4

'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at age 79.

Posted: 6/3/12 at 1:18pm

I was too young to remember HOGANS HEROES but My parents use to LOVE watching Family Feud. My Mom had the biggest crush on him. After seeing him in the movie THE RUNNING MAN (IMO an under rated film and I thought Richard upstaged Arnold big time) I thought his acting career would take off again. Yes, he was playing himself in that film, a game show host,but I thought he made a very good villain. He had the right amount of charm and arrogance you don't see in to many bad guys today.

Oh, and don't even get me started with him on MATCH GAME. He was one of the best!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJXaNasQ84

'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-

Updated On: 6/3/12 at 01:18 PM

#6

'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at age 79.

Posted: 6/3/12 at 3:38pm

Survey says... He will be missed.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2
#7

'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at age 79.

Posted: 6/3/12 at 4:05pm

I remember him on Hogan's Heroes. He was a great host on Family Feud kissing all the women.
RIP.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
#10

'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at age 79.

Posted: 6/4/12 at 11:40am

My grandmother always said he was probably the main spreader of mono in the US.

I always remember him from Hogan's Heroes.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

← Back to Message Board

BroadwayWorld TV

View all Videos

Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Hot Show
Tickets From $59
Hot Show
Tickets From $71
Hot Show
Tickets From $71
Hot Show
Tickets From $95
More Hot Shows Discounts
Recommended For You