Bob Barker

American retired TV game show host Robert William Barker is given credit for being the host from 1972 to 2007 of CBS’s The Price is Right. It is the longest-running daytime game show in North American TV history. He is also famous for being the host of Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975. Born on December 12, 1923, Barker is now 97 years old, and he has done a lot in his successful career.

He is the recipient of 19 Emmy Awards, five Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, a GSN Lifetime Achievement Award, was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame back in 2004, and in the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2008. Time Magazine named him the Greatest Game Show Host of All-Time. After retirement, Barker made three last appearances on The Price is Right, first on April 16, 2009, next to celebrate his 90th birthday on the show on December 12, 2013, and finally, on April Fools’ Day in 2015.