Bob Barker’s Longtime Girlfriend Nancy Burnet and Hollywood Stars React to His D
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00:00 Here's the star of the Price is Right, Bob Barker!
00:04 (audience cheering)
00:07 - Bob Barker, TV icon and legendary Price is Right host,
00:12 died Saturday in his Los Angeles home from natural causes.
00:17 He was 99 years old.
00:19 Following his death, ET's hearing
00:21 from his longtime girlfriend, Nancy Burnett,
00:24 who remembered Bob in a statement to ET,
00:26 quote, "I'm so proud of the trailblazing work
00:29 "Barker and I did together to expose the cruelty
00:32 "to animals in the entertainment industry."
00:35 - I would prefer that animals were not exploited in any way.
00:39 Circuses, rodeos, movies, zoos, you name it.
00:44 - Adding, "We were great friends over these 40 years.
00:47 "He will be missed."
00:49 Bob met Nancy in 1983, two years after the death
00:53 of his late wife, Dorothy Jo Gideon.
00:56 And while they never married,
00:57 the couple were together ever since.
00:59 Nancy overseeing Bob's care until his final days.
01:04 - We are going to meet Juliana Leovile.
01:07 Come on down.
01:08 (audience cheering)
01:09 You're the next contestant on The Price is Right.
01:12 - Hollywood's also reacting to the TV personality's death,
01:16 including his Price is Right successor, Drew Carey,
01:19 who took over as host in 2007 after Bob's retirement.
01:23 He shared a broken heart emoji on X, formerly Twitter,
01:27 along with a photo of Bob's final show.
01:30 - The media and individuals have been so,
01:34 and audiences have been so nice to me.
01:37 They really have.
01:39 Here's a young man who watched me as he was growing up,
01:41 and look at him, he's a star.
01:43 He's a success.
01:44 - See, that's what happens.
01:44 - It could happen to you if you watch me on television.
01:47 (laughing)
01:48 - Bob's Happy Gilmore co-star, Adam Sandler,
01:51 also paid tribute.
01:53 On Instagram, he called Bob "The Man,"
01:55 "The Myth," "The Best," and "Such a sweet, funny guy
01:59 "to hang out with."
02:00 - Hi, E.T., my name's Adam Sandler,
02:02 and in a matter of minutes,
02:04 I'm gonna get beat up by Bob Barker.
02:05 Enjoy.
02:06 - Now you're gonna get it, Bobby.
02:09 (punching)
02:12 - Quote, "Loved talking to him, loved laughing with him,
02:19 "loved him kicking the crap out of me.
02:21 "He will be missed by everyone I know."
02:24 - Julie Bowen, another star from the 1996 comedy film,
02:28 remembered her co-star,
02:30 and this exchanged between Adam's character, Happy,
02:33 and the quote, "Kind and polite Bob."
02:36 - The price is wrong, (beep)
02:38 (punching)
02:41 - I think you've had enough.
02:44 No.
02:47 Now you've had enough.
02:51 (beep)
02:53 - Former "Dancing with the Stars"
02:55 and "America's Funniest Home Videos" host, Tom Bergeron,
02:58 reflected on working closely to Bob,
03:01 who filmed "The Price is Right" on the same lot,
03:04 along with longtime "Hollywood Squares" host, Peter Marshall,
03:08 who shared his admiration for Bob, too.
03:11 - I came out here, no agent, no contacts,
03:13 and Ralph Edwards called me to audition
03:16 for "Truth or Consequences,"
03:18 and I became the host of a national television show
03:20 just overnight.
03:21 - Meanwhile, Adam Sharp, president and CEO
03:24 of the National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences,
03:27 paid tribute in a statement to E.T.,
03:30 recalling how the daytime TV mainstay, quote,
03:33 "helped to define the game show genre,
03:35 "cementing 'The Price is Right' as a powerhouse format
03:39 "that has remained essentially unchanged
03:41 "for more than half a century."
03:43 - I thoroughly enjoy it, I really do.
03:47 I started doing this type of show
03:50 when I was very, very young,
03:52 and here I am, all these years later,
03:55 still coming through those doors, but still enjoying it.
03:58 - At his request, there will be no funeral
04:01 or memorial service for Bob.
04:03 He will be laid to rest next to his late wife, Dorothy,
04:06 at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills.
04:10 (upbeat music)
04:13 (upbeat music)
04:15 [Music]