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Powered by his lifelong legacy as an entertainer and animal activist, this icon is still going strong at 99<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A lot happened in 1972. Don McLean\u2019s hit song \u201cAmerican Pie\u201d was No. 1, Richard Nixon was president, his administration was trying to cover up its involvement in the Watergate Scandal, NASA\u2019s Space Shuttle program was officially launched, and Bob Barker, the host of a new game show called the Price is Right<\/em>, was giving away brand new cars that were then valued at less than $4000.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synonymous with\u00a0The Price is Right<\/em>, Bob Barker is an entertainment icon, a cross-generational household name, who hosted the popular game show for 35 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Growing up on an Indian reservation in South Dakota, Barker\u2013a member of the Sioux Tribe\u2013met his future wife, Dorothy Jo Gideon at an Ella Fitzgerald concert. He married Gideon, his high school sweetheart in 1945, when he was on leave from the United States Navy Reserve, where during World War II, he trained as a fighter pilot. He never served on active duty but did return to university and graduated with an economics degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barker, now 99, was hosting a radio show in Los Angeles when he captured the attention of Ralph Edwards, a game show producer who was looking for a new host of Truth or Consequences<\/em>, the first game show to be broadcast on TV. Hosting the hugely popular show from 1956 to 1975, Barker\u2019s popularity was rising, and in 1967, he started hosting Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then it happened. In 1972, he appeared on the stage of The Price is Right<\/em>, which launched him and the show, into superstardom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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