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Mar 22 2017, 8:05 am ET
Chuck Barris, King of Daytime TV Who Claimed to Be CIA Assassin, Dead at 87
NEW YORK Chuck Barris, whose game show empire included "The Dating Game," ''The Newlywed Game" and that infamous factory of cheese, "The Gong Show," died at 87.
Barris died of natural causes Tuesday afternoon at his home in Palisades, New York, according to publicist Paul Shefrin.
Decades before shows such as "American Idol" and "America's Got Talent" came along, Barris put everyday people who did not mind exposing their vulnerabilities or answering embarrassing questions before the cameras...
http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...aytime-tv-who-claimed-be-cia-assassin-n736841
Chuck Barris, King of Daytime TV Who Claimed to Be CIA Assassin, Dead at 87
NEW YORK Chuck Barris, whose game show empire included "The Dating Game," ''The Newlywed Game" and that infamous factory of cheese, "The Gong Show," died at 87.
Barris died of natural causes Tuesday afternoon at his home in Palisades, New York, according to publicist Paul Shefrin.
Decades before shows such as "American Idol" and "America's Got Talent" came along, Barris put everyday people who did not mind exposing their vulnerabilities or answering embarrassing questions before the cameras...
http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...aytime-tv-who-claimed-be-cia-assassin-n736841