Robert William Barker (born December 12, 1923) is an American retired
television game show host. He is known for hosting CBS's The Price Is
Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game
show in North American television history. He is also known for
hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1974.Born in Darrington,
Washington in modest circumstances, Barker enlisted in the United
States Navy during World War II. He worked part-time in radio while he
attended college. In 1950, he moved to California in order to pursue a
career in broadcasting. He was given his own radio show, The Bob
Barker Show, which ran for six years. Barker began his game show
career in 1956, hosting Truth or Consequences. From there, he hosted
various game shows, and the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants from
1967 to 1987, giving him the distinction of being the longest-serving
host of these pageants. He began hosting The Price Is Right in 1972.
When his wife Dorothy Jo died of lung cancer at age 57 in 1981, he
became an advocate for animal rights and of animal rights activism,
supporting groups such as the United Activists for Animal Rights and
the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In 2007, he retired from
hosting The Price Is Right after celebrating his 50-year career on
television.Barker was born on December 12, 1923, in Darrington,
Washington, and spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian
Reservation in Mission, South Dakota. The U.S. Indian Census Rolls,
1885â€"1940, list Barker as an official member of the Sioux tribe. His
mother, Matilda ("Tillie") Valandra (née Matilda Kent Tarleton), was
a school teacher; his father, Byron John Barker, was the foreman on
the electrical high line through the state of Washington. Barker is
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