Chuck Woolery dead at 83: Legendary game show host was known for Wheel Of Fortune and The Dating Game

Chuck Woolery passed distant astatine the property of 83 astatine his location successful Texas connected Saturday, his longtime person Mark Young has confirmed. 

The beloved tv personality, who was champion known for being the precise archetypal to big Wheel of Fortune, died abruptly portion Young was visiting him astatine his home. 

'It is with a breached bosom that I archer you that my beloved member has conscionable passed away,' Young wrote successful an affectional tribute connected X, formerly Twitter. 'Life volition not beryllium the aforesaid without him, RIP brother.' 

While helium circumstances astir Woolery's decease are not yet known, Young told TMZ that the histrion was not feeling good and went to prevarication down.

Young, who co-hosted the Blunt Force Truth podcast with his precocious friend, said Woolery aboriginal returned to the country to archer him that helium was having occupation breathing.

Young told the outlet it was past helium called 911 but Woolery did not marque it. 

Woolery was champion known for being the archetypal big of Wheel of Fortune from 1975 to 1981. 

After astir a decade, helium went connected to exit the amusement to prosecute different endeavors and passed the torch to Pat Sajak, who took implicit until 2024. 

Additionally, Woolery was besides the big for crippled shows, specified arsenic Love Connection, Scrabble, Greed and Lingo. 

He besides dabbled successful euphony and created respective advertizing jingles and adjacent charted with a apical 40 deed with popular duo The Avant Garde.