Bob Barker, host of television’s “The Price Is Right” from 1972 to 2007, has died, according to his publicist. He was 99.
“It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,” publicist Roger Neal said in a statement Saturday.
Bob Barker attended high school in Springfield, Missouri where he met his future wife at an Ella Fitzgerald concert. He then attended Drury University in Springfield on a basketball scholarship. His first job in media was at KTTS radio while at University.