Bob Barker Dead at 99: His Longtime Girlfriend Nancy Burnet Reacts | NewsBurrow

Bob Barker’s enjoyed ones are responding to his death. ET validated on Saturday that the previous host of The Rate Is Right passed away at the age of99 He passed away of natural causes.

His long time sweetheart Nancy Burnet launched a declaration to ET following the news of Barker’s death.

” I am so happy with the trailblazing work Barker and I did together to expose the ruthlessness to animals in the show business and consisting of working to enhance the predicament of mistreated and made use of animals in the United States and globally,” Burnet shared. ” We were fantastic buddies over these 40 years. He will be missed out on.”

Burnet has actually supervised Barker’s care and is accountable for keeping the television legend healthy for many years. She is likewise the co-executor of Barker’s estate.

On Saturday, Barker’s previous press agent Roger Neal launched a declaration to ET, stating, “It is with extensive unhappiness that we reveal that the World’s Biggest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker, has actually left us.”

Prior to his relationship with Burnet, Barker was wed to his high school sweetie, Dorothy Gideon, for 35 years. Gideon unfortunately passed away of lung cancer in1981 The couple had no kids and Barker never ever remarried.

Barker formerly spoke with ET about satisfying Gideon for the very first time, stating, “She was resting on the Terrace at the hotel where I worked. There was a deck of cards there. She reached into the deck and took out the 10 of spades and she stated, ‘Here, this will be your luck.’ And I have actually had this for 60 years and on the other side is Dorothy Joe.”

Throughout his prolonged tv profession, Barker won 19 Emmy awards. He appeared as the host of The Cost is Right for more than 35 years on CBS daytime and hosted a nighttime variation and primetime specials on CBS. He retired from The Rate Is Right in2007

In addition to his function on The Rate Is Right, Barker likewise emerged on The Baby-sitter, The Vibrant and the Lovely, along with in Adam Sandler’s funny Pleased Gilmore He was likewise popular for hosting the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe pageants in addition to his popular radio program, The Bob Barker Program

He invested his last years mainly out of the spotlight.

He is endured by his half-brother, Kent Valandra and half-nephews Robert Valandra and Chip Valandra and half-niece Vickie Valandra Kelly.

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