Death of Richard Dawson

November 30, 1932 - June 2, 2012
Los Angeles, California | Age 79

'Family Feud' TV host dies at 79
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FRAZIER MOORE, The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has died. He was 79.

Dawson, also known to TV fans as the Cockney POW Cpl. Peter Newkirk on "Hogan's Heroes," died Saturday night from complications related to esophageal cancer at Ronald Reagan UCLA...

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