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Chuck Barris, the wacky host of The Gong Show, died Tuesday at the age of 87. His publicist confirmed he passed away from natural causes at his home in Palisades, New York. Barris was the creator of The Gong Show and two other popular TV game shows, The Newlywed Game and The Dating Game.
At least two generations of devotees to the weird and bizarre are going to miss Chuck Barris, the loony, laid-back host of the original âGong Showâ which acted as the inspiration for ridiculous sketches that became the stuff of legend on playgrounds and summer camps around the world.