The Price Is Right host Bob Barker dies at age 99
Legendary TV presenter Bob Barker has passed away at the age of 99, as confirmed by his longtime publicist, Roger Neal, according to NBC news.
He died of natural causes at his old home in Hollywood Hills.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that the greatest MC in the world to ever live, Bob Barker, has left us,” Neal said in a statement.
Barker’s friend, Nancy Burnet, broke her silence by saying she is “so proud of the groundbreaking work” they’ve done “together to expose cruelty to animals in the entertainment industry and, among other things, work to improve of the plight of abused and exploited animals in the entertainment industry. United States and Internationally.”
We’ve been good friends for the past 40 years. He will be missed,” his partner, 79, said in her own statement, obtained by People.
A great loss: Legendary TV host Bob Barker has passed away at the age of 99, as confirmed by his longtime publicist, Roger Neal, according to NBC News; seen in 2007