Richard Dawson 1932-2012

[Zoneboy]

Link (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/06/richard-dawson-dies-family-feud-host-was-79/)

Richard Dawson known best for hosting the “Family Feud” and starring in “Hogan’s Heroes” has died, ABC News has confirmed.

He was 79. Dawson was born Colin Lionel Emm in Gosport, Hampshire England on Nov. 30, 1932.

Dawson hosted several incarnations of the popular game show the “Family Feud” after it debuted in 1976.

In addition to hosting “Family Feud,” Dawson appeared on the show “Match Game” as a guest panelist.

He also appeared in films like “The Running Man” and television series such as “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” according to IMDB.com.

[Brian Damage]

yep he did

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=300094

[Zoneboy]

yep he did

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=300094

I saw that earlier this morning but was skeptical since none of the major news outlets had reported it. I waited awhile for a credible news link but dozed off and saw that you had taken care of it when I woke up.

[Zoneboy]

Sadly, Richard Dawson passed away exactly 16 years to the day of his successor, Ray Combs who died on June 2, 1996.

[Stuck In The '70's]

He sure was the best host that Family Feud ever had. I liked him on Hogan's Heroes too. R.I.P. Richard. :(

[Penny Lane]

This is such sad news! I loved Richard on Match Game. He was the essence of cool! Dawsongirl(wherever she is now, haven't seen her here lately) must be devastated! RIP to the best game show host ever!:(

[old grouch]

Richard was very cool and sophisticated. 'Match Game' and 'Family Feud' weren't the same without him. RIP.

[Penny Lane]

Richard was very cool and sophisticated. 'Match Game' and 'Family Feud' weren't the same without him. RIP.


100% AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:

[JamesG]

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[Dr. Thong]

The L.A. Times posted this picture with their obit.

http://www.trbimg.com/img-4fcb78fd/turbine/la-mew-richard-dawson-obit-20120603-m51q41pd/600

Notice the casts of two very popular '70s TV series in the background...?

[Penny Lane]

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Oh my gosh! That was hilarious! Thanks for posting!:lol:

[Brad Russ]

This is very sad news. :( I mostly remember him from Family Feud, and the movie Running Man. Enjoyed him in both. I liked how he always kissed the beautiful women on Family Feud. Thought to myself, dude's a stud! lol So glad he lived a long, and prosperous life. Rest In Peace Mr. Dawson!!!

[catlover79]

Sadly, Richard Dawson passed away exactly 16 years to the day of his successor, Ray Combs who died on June 2, 1996.
Really? WOW.

:rip: Richard Dawson - you were an awesome game show host. "SURVEY SAYS!!!"

[Marvo301]

:rip: Richard Dawson

[Family Ties Forever!]

RIP.

[Regulus]

:rip: Richard Dawson. Tonight I'm watching The Running Man, my latest Homage to a Fallen Star. patriot:

[catlover79]

No homage to Richard Dawson can be complete without this gem:

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Here's another hilarious moment:

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[OH Nuts!]

He was a very nice and low key entertainer who brought cheer to many. May he rest in peace.

[Schmoopie]

Very sad to hear of his passing.

[fireandice]

RIP, he will be missed.

[MickeyMac]

Now Robert Clary is the only surviving member of the Hogans Heroes cast.

[Zoneboy]

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[Zoneboy]

Now Robert Clary is the only surviving member of the Hogans Heroes cast.

From the original cast but isn't Kenneth Washington still with us?

[catlover79]

From the original cast but isn't Kenneth Washington still with us?
Yes, he is.

[Zoneboy]

Yes, he is.

I thought he was but wasn't certain.

[AB]

Rest in peace.

[MrCleveland]

Dawson even outlived his 1st wife Diana Dors (But this was Dors' 2nd Husband)...who was on the Sgt. Pepper Cover...

[Janice]

I always liked him. This is quite a loss. God bless him.

[catlover79]

I thought he was but wasn't certain.
He's by far the youngest cast member, born in 1946.

[Zoneboy]

Link (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-richard-dawson-dead-esophageal-cancer,0,1456907.story)

Richard Dawson, the “Hogan’s Heroes” actor and original “Family Feud” host who died Saturday from complications of esophageal cancer, learned of his diagnosis only three weeks before his death, according to his children.

“Luckily, he didn’t have to go through all the bad treatments and stuff,” son Gary told “Access Hollywood” on Monday, elaborating on a comment made to The Times over the weekend. “He had a heart attack and went in the hospital. He was actually going in for his first radiation treatment when he had a heart attack.”

Daughter Shannon said there were no signs before the diagnosis. “He just thought he had heartburn and then he found out he had Stage 4 esophageal cancer,” she told the show.

The lack of a battle against cancer made for what was perhaps a fitting exit for a man who made his game-show mark by smooching female “Family Feud” contestants full on the lips, a tradition that evolved from an attempt to calm one very nervous woman.

"The way he was on the game show was the way he was in real life," Gary Dawson told The Times’ Greg Braxton over the weekend. "He was always rooting for people — he not only wanted people to win, but to have a comfortable, great experience."

And the end of life is not always comfortable for people with esophageal cancer. Writer Christopher Hitchens, who succumbed to the disease late last year, chronicled his struggles – presumably the “bad treatments” to which Gary Dawson referred – in graphic detail in a series of Vanity Fair essays.

“[O]ne thing that grave illness does is to make you examine familiar principles and seemingly reliable sayings,” Hitchens wrote in setting the stage for parts of his brutal story. “And there’s one that I find I am not saying with quite the same conviction as I once used to: In particular, I have slightly stopped issuing the announcement that ‘Whatever doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.’”

Though esophageal cancer is rare, rates have been on the rise in recent decades in the U.S., according to The Times’ Health section, which noted a while back that the disease’s low survival rates are due in part to late-stage diagnosis. The Mayo Clinic website says early esophageal cancer usually presents no signs or symptoms.

In addition to Gary and Shannon, Dawson is survived by another son, Mark; his second wife, Gretchen, who is Shannon’s mom; and four grandchildren. Dawson was previously married to actress Diana Dors, the mother of Gary and Mark.

[catlover79]

WOW. I guess the only good thing about this is that he didn't have to suffer for too terribly long.

[Zoneboy]

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[Penny Lane]

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That was great! Thanks for posting that Zoneboy!:wave: