Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 â€" 24 August 2018) was an English
entertainment reporter and writer from London. After beginning his
career as a print journalist, first in England and then in the United
States, he became best known for hosting the television series
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous from 1984 to 1995. The show focused
on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and
other materialistic details.Leach was born in London, the son of
Violet Victoria (Phillips) and Douglas Thomas Leach, a sales
executive. He attended Harrow County School for Boys, 10 miles (16 km)
from London, where he edited a school magazine, The Gayton Times, at
age 14. At age 15 he became a general news reporter for the Harrow
Observer, and earned $6 a week after graduation.Leach moved on to the
Daily Mail as Britain's youngest "Page One" reporter at age 18. In
1963, he emigrated to the United States, though he maintained his
English accent throughout his life (which would become a trademark of
his when he began working in television years later). He wrote for
several American newspapers, including New York Daily News, People and
Ladies' Home Journal, before launching GO Magazine in 1967 and then
became show business editor of The Star.Leach got his start in
television as a regular contributor to AM Los Angeles, with Regis
Philbin and Sarah Purcell on KABC-TV. Other television work includes
reporting for People Tonight, on CNN and Entertainment Tonight and
helping start Good Morning Australia, as well as the Food Network.
Leach was also a guest at the World Wrestling Federation's
WrestleMania IV, where he read the rules for the championship
tournament. Leach hosted an exposé documentary of Madonna â€" Madonna
Exposed â€" for the Fox network in March 1993. The documentary was a
biography of Madonna, focusing on her career and publicity stunts.
Before the documentary aired, he gave Madonna a cell phone number; he
said that at any point during the airing Madonna could call Leach and
argue any point. He also hosted the Lifestyles spinoffs Runaway with
the Rich and Famous and Fame, Fortune and Romance, along with future
Today Show host Matt Lauer. On February 10, 1995 Leach played himself
in a special appearance on the American family sitcom Boy Meets World
in Season 2, episode 17 entitled "On the Air". In the episode, he
appears to present Eric Matthews with a check for ten million dollars,
however the delivery is a misunderstanding as it is actually intended
for his neighbor, Dorothy MuldoonLeach hosted The Surreal Life: Fame
Games on VH1 in 2007. He also served as the public address announcer
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