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Chuck Barris

(1929-2017)
American game show creator, producer, and host
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Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017) was an American game show creator, producer and host. Barris was known for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was also a songwriter who wrote "Palisades Park" for Freddy Cannon. Barris wrote an autobiography titled Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which was made into the film of the same name directed by George Clooney.

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Born Charles Hirsch Barris
3 June 1929
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
21 March 2017 (aged 87)
Palisades, New York, USA
Zodiac Gemini
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