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Bob Barker holds the record for hosting the longest-running game show in US television history

Bob Barker, the longtime host of television game show “The Price Is Right” who died Saturday, made animal welfare advocacy a hallmark both of his career in show business and his life after retirement. Over decades as the host of the longest-running game show in American television history, Barker, beginning in the 1980s, used his bully pulpit to remind millions of viewers to “help control the pet population; have your pet spayed or neutered.” In one instance in 1996, he powered through his annou

TV icon Bob Barker, host of "The Price Is Right," dies at 99 after 35 years of showcasing American consumerism on the longest-running US game show. | World News

Bob Barker spent 35 years presiding over the showcase of American consumerism known as The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in US television history.

With millions in donations and a powerful bully pulpit, Mr. Barker became one of the most prominent allies of the animal rights movement in Hollywood.