brought barker to new places. i had never been up in an airplane, and i had never seen the ocean. i had not thought about landing an airplane on a carrier. reporter: after the war, barker landed radio jobs and married his high school sweetheart before breaking into television. it s time to play truth or consequences . reporter: barker s run lasted 18 years. that s beautiful. reporter: his smooth, hosting style got noticed by game show producer mark goodsen. he saw me working and he liked my work. he told me that he would like to have me do the new price is, right right. reporter: the guessing games and big prizes have made the price is right america s longest running game show and barker its most memorable ringleader. being on a stage, reaching
come on down! reporter: with those three words come on down! reporter: bob barker electrified audiences for 35 years, hosting the price is right. the game show where con tes tanltestant guess th price of every day items. i hear, bob, come on down, every place i go. reporter: but just months shy of his 100th birthday, his publicist announcing the world s greatest mc who ever lived, bob barker, has left us. he died of natural causes in his hollywood hills home this morning. fans remembering him with flowers on his walk of fame star. born in darlington, washington, barker spent his early years on an indian reservation in south dakota, where his mother was a schoolteacher. in 1942, he joined the navy, training as a fighter pilot during world war ii. his entertainment career began in radio, with the bob barker show. all right, go. i m going to go. reporter: a big break in television would come six years later, hosting truth
Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of "Truth or Consequences'' and "The Price Is Right,'' has died at his home in Los Angeles, his publicist says.