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Rod Roddy (1937-2003) was a radio and TV announcer who worked on several game shows, including The Price Is Right. He was known for his signature line "Come on down!" and his colorful jackets.
Rod Roddy est un acteur et un animateur de télévision américain né le 28 septembre 1937 à Fort Worth, Texas (États-Unis), décédé le 27 octobre 2003 à Century City (un quartier de Los Angeles).
- 27 octobre 2003 (à 66 ans)Los Angeles
- Robert Ray Roddy
- 28 septembre 1937Fort Worth
- Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum (en)
28 oct. 2003 · Rod Roddy, who invited audience members to "Come on down!" for nearly 20 years, passed away in 2003 at age 66. He had colon and breast cancer, and was a spokesman for early detection.
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- The Price Is Right
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Born on September 28, 1937 in Fort Worth, Texas, Rod graduated from Texas Christian University and was a Disc Jockey and talk show host on KLIF and KNUS-FM (Dallas, TX), working overnights and mid-days at the Buffalo, New York radio station WKBW AM, a big-signal station covering the Eastern Seaboard of the US and at other high-profile stations. In ...
Rod's first game show announcing job came in 1979 when he was the announcer on the short-lived game show Whew! This ran from April 23, 1979, to May 30, 1980. From there, he went to announce for shows such as Battlestars (1981-1982), Love Connection (1983-1985, 1986), Hit Man (1983) and most notably Press Your Luck(1983-1986).
After Johnny Olson died in October of 1985 and after a rotation of stand-in announcers (Gene Wood, Bob Hilton, and Rich Jeffries), Rod was selected as Johnny's permanent replacement. The then producer, Roger Dobkowitz, stated that he liked Rod the best and that he was a CBS favorite. On February 17, 1986, Rod took his permanent place at the announc...
Rod had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2001, which he requested a leave of absence from Price to undergo and recover from surgery and chemotherapy. (The day he learned of his cancer diagnosis was September 11, 2001, which, ironically, had also been associated with death and darkness for Americans.) During Rod's leave, Burton Richardson, who ha...
On October 27, 2003, less than a month after his 66th birthday and exactly a week after his final on-air appearance, Rod lost his battles with colon and breast cancer and died of both diseases. He was interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Fort Worth, TX, his birthplace and he had "COME ON DOWN" inscribed on his tombstone, a phrase popularized by J...
In 1997, Rod & former Price model (a.k.a. Barker's Beauty) Janice Pennington appeared on an episode of The Family Channel (Formerly CBN/Christian Broadcasting Network, then Fox Family, then ABC Fam...He was also the voice of Mike the Microphone on Disney's House of Mousefrom 2001-2003.Rod Roddy was an American announcer who worked on several game shows, including The Price Is Right from 1986 to 2003. He was known for his weight loss, his colorful jackets, and his catchphrase "Come on down!"
Robert Ray "Rod" Roddy, the colorful, bespangled announcer who for 17 years invited lucky audience members to "come on down" and play television's venerable game show "The Price is Right," has...
29 oct. 2003 · Rod Roddy, the flamboyantly dressed announcer on the game show ''The Price Is Right'' whose booming, jovial voice invited lucky audience members to ''Come on down!'' for nearly 20 years, died...
Rod Roddy (1937-2003) was an American actor, announcer and voice artist, best known for his roles in Soap, House of Mouse and That '70s Show. He also hosted The Price is Right for 17 years and died of colon and breast cancer in 2003.
