Celebrity regulars who died durring their runs

[chrispw1]

Who were the regulars or semi-regulars of a game show who died durring their run? The ones I know of were Fred Allen and Dorothy Kilgallen on What's My Line? and Wally Cox and Charley Weaver on Hollywood Squares although with the bicycling their nighttime syndicated episodes continued airing well after their deaths.

[tpirfan28]

Johnny Olsen and Rod Roddy, both on TPIR (even though they weren't panelists)

[lobster]

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'180284\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 01:08 PM\']
Johnny Olsen and Rod Roddy, both on TPIR (even though they weren't panelists)
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if you're not talking just panelists, Allen Ludden P+

[BrandonFG]

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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'180284\' date=\'Mar 6 2008, 01:08 PM\']
Johnny Olsen and Rod Roddy, both on TPIR (even though they weren't panelists)
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if you're not talking just panelists, Allen Ludden P+
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As well as Jack Barry on TJW.

Honestly, I'd even say John Ritter, who appeared as a semi-regular on H^2, even after he started up on "8 Simple Rules..." I found Henry Winkler's tribute to Ritter very classy, with a close-up on John's empty square.

[Jimmy Owen]

Bennett Cerf on Bruner WML.

[joker316]

Jack Clark on Wheel

[Matt Ottinger]

Continuing with announcers, Bob Clayton on Pyramid.

[Don Howard]

Would Hal March on It's Your Bet count or had he already been officially replaced as emcee by that point?

[catkins522]

What about Merv Griffin, creaters of WOF, J!, and MGC?

Charles Atkins

[HYHYBT]

Merv Griffin's stretching it a bit; he hardly ever appeared on any of those shows.

Was Jay Stewart still announcer of Scrabble (or Sale, or both) when he died?

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' post=\'180462\' date=\'Mar 7 2008, 09:08 PM\']
Was Jay Stewart still announcer of Scrabble (or Sale, or both) when he died?
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No. He left Scrabble in 1985 and $ale of the Century in 1988. He passed away in 1989.

[gsnstooge]

Honestly, I'd even say John Ritter, who appeared as a semi-regular on H^2, even after he started up on "8 Simple Rules..." I found Henry Winkler's tribute to Ritter very classy, with a close-up on John's empty square.

That tribute was terrific.  Henry Winkler should do that more often, regardless of game shows.

[narzo]

Johnny Jacobs during 80's "Treasure hunt"

[calliaume]

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'180403\' date=\'Mar 7 2008, 12:25 PM\']
Would Hal March on It's Your Bet count or had he already been officially replaced as emcee by that point?
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Excellent question.  IIRC, Hal was pretty much off the show before his death.  But if the tapes were bicycled, it might have been an issue in some markets.

[Jimmy Owen]

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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'180403\' date=\'Mar 7 2008, 12:25 PM\']
Would Hal March on It's Your Bet count or had he already been officially replaced as emcee by that point?
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Excellent question.  IIRC, Hal was pretty much off the show before his death.  But if the tapes were bicycled, it might have been an issue in some markets.
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If the listings in my back issues of TV Guide are correct, Channel 10 in Lansing, MI was showing Hal March episodes as late as 1973.  They scheduled them haphazardly, one week Kennedy hosted, the next Gautier, etc.