First Posted: Jul 24, 2021 09:37 PM EDT The serial torturer Rodney Alcala also known as the "The Dating Game Killer" died while waiting for his execution in California, at 77 years old. ABC News reported that the death of Alcala was confirmed by the authorities on Saturday. It can be recalled that Alcala was given the title as he appeared as a winning contestant of the television game show "The Dating Game" in 1978. Officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed that Alcala met his deathbed at a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, California, NBC News reported. The outlet further noted that Alcala died at around 1:43 a.m. His cause of death was claimed to be of natural causes.