Recreation present veteran Chuck Woolery who hosted the unique variations of Wheel Of Fortune and Love Connection, died Nov. 23. He was 83.
Woolery’s passing was introduced on X by his longtime buddy Blunt Forth Reality podcast co-host Mark Younger.
“It’s with a damaged coronary heart that I let you know that my pricey brother @chuckwoolery has simply handed away,” he wrote. “Life is not going to be the identical with out him.”
Younger informed TMZ that Woolery died at his Texas house after experiencing hassle respiratory.
Woolery, who began his profession as a singer, was tapped to host Wheel Of Fortune when the present first launched in 1975. After internet hosting this system for six years, he was changed by Pat Sajak.
Love Connection additionally launched in 1983 with Woolery as its first host, a job he held for 11 years. Different sport exhibits he has hosted/co-hosted via the years embody Scrabble (1984–1990 and its short-lived 1993 revival), Residence & Household (1996–1998), The Relationship Recreation (1997–1999), Greed (1999–2000), and Lingo (2002–2007). He additionally hosted his personal speak present, The Chuck Woolery Present, which had a short run in 1991.
In 2012, Woolery started internet hosting a nationally syndicated radio commentary present, Save Us Chuck Woolery. Two years later, it morphed right into a podcast which was retitled Blunt Drive Reality.
Identified for his conservative views, Woolery discovered himself in a number of controversies over the previous many years involving such topics as Covid and antisemitism.
