Woolery passed away at 83 in his Texas home. Take a look back at photos of the beloved talk show host-turned-conservative podcaster here.
Chuck Woolery has passed away at the age of 83, confirmed by his longtime friend Mark Young.
Born on March 16, 1941, in Ashland, Kentucky, Woolery was best known for hosting iconic television game shows such as Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection, and Lingo. Later in life, he became the host of a popular right-wing podcast, Blunt Force Truth, where he shared conservative views, criticized liberal values, and often took aim at the Democratic Party. Woolery co-hosted the podcast alongside Young.
Woolery was married four times. His first marriage was to Margaret Hayes, with whom he had two children—Katherine and Chad. He then married actress Jo Ann Pflug, and they had a daughter, Melissa. His third marriage was to Teri Nelson, with whom he had two sons, Michael and Sean. His fourth and final marriage was to Kristen Barnes.
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Chuck Woolery at the Game Show Network’s 2003 Winter TCA Tour at the Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles, 2003.
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Chuck Woolery and Jo Ann Pflug
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Woolery and his wife at the time, actress Jo Ann Pflug, attended the Avon Tennis Tournament Reception in 1981 at the Forum in Los Angeles.
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Jo Ann Pflug and Chuck Woolery
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Jo Ann Pflug and Chuck Woolery attended the opening of Club George, a temporary fundraiser for the McGovern campaign, which occupied the former Club Daisy in Beverly Hills in 1972.
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Chuck Woolery and Jo Ann Pflug
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Chuck Woolery and Jo Ann Pflug attended a pre-victory party for George McGovern at Marlo Thomas’s house in Beverly Hills in 1972.
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Chuck Woolery participated in a celebrity tennis event benefiting the Children’s Asthma Research Institute and Hospital of Denver, Colorado, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1973.
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Jo Ann Pflug and Chuck Woolery
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Jo Ann Pflug and Chuck Woolery attended a pre-Academy Awards party on April 6, 1972.
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Chuck Woolery and Jo Ann Pflug
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Jo Ann Pflug and Chuck Woolery attended the Fourth Annual Clint Eastwood Celebrity Tennis Tournament at the Beach and Tennis Club in Pebble Beach, California, in 1973.
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Chuck Woolery and Jo Ann Pflug
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JoAnn Pflug and Chuck Woolery looked stunning in 1980 at an event in Los Angeles.
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Woolery attended the 35th Annual SHARE Boomtown Party in 1988 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California.
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Woolery attended the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1993 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Chuck Woolery Promotes “Naturally Stoned” Game Show
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At the 2003 NCTA Conference in Chicago, Woolery posed with a giant 13-foot-tall bobblehead of himself while promoting his new reality TV show, Naturally Stoned. The show, which premiered on June 15, 2003, aired on the Game Show Network.
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Chuck Woolery and Stacey Hayes
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Chuck Woolery and Stacey Hayes, co-hosts of the Game Show Network’s Lingo, posed on the set in 2003 in Los Angeles.
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Chuck Woolery and Playboy Playmates
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Host Chuck Woolery and co-host Stacey Hayes posed for a photo with Playboy Playmates who were contestants on the game show Lingo in 2003 in Los Angeles.
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Chuck Woolery on the Set of Lingo
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The hosts of Lingo posed with Susan Olson (left), David Faustino (second from left), Michael Fishman (fifth from left), and Mayim Bialik on the set of the game show in 2003.
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Monty Hall, Peter Tomarken, Bob Eubanks, Chuck Woolery, and Alex Trebek posed at the Ritz Carlton in Pasadena for the Game Show Network.
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Chuck Woolery and His Daughter
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Woolery attended the “FFANY Shoes On Sale” benefit for breast cancer, hosted by QVC at Pier 94 in 2005, New York City. He was photographed with his daughter, Katherine, also known as Kitty, who tragically passed away at 41.
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Chuck Woolery with Teri Nelson
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Woolery and his family attended the premiere of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind in 2002, held in Westwood, California.
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Chuck Woolery on the Set of Lingo
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Olympic athletes Caitlyn Jenner (left), Janet Evans (second from left), Tai Babilonia (fourth from left), and Mitch Gaylord (right) posed for a photo with Lingo host Chuck Woolery on the set of the game show in 2003.
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Chuck Woolery and Teri Nelson
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Woolery attended the Love Ride Muscular Dystrophy Benefit Rally in 1994 at Harley-Davidson of Glendale with his wife at the time, Teri Nelson.
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Woolery arrived at the Meow Mix Think Like a Cat game show premiere in 2008 in Los Angeles.
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Chuck Woolery and Bob Eubanks
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Woolery and Bob Eubanks attended The Evolution of the Relationship Reality Show event, presented by WE tv at The Paley Center for Media in 2015.
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Jamie Farr, Chuck Woolery and Bob Eubanks
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The three hosts of The $250,000 Game Show Spectacular (L-R), actor Jamie Farr, Chuck Woolery, and Bob Eubanks, posed during a reception following the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Las Vegas Hilton in 2007.
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Chuck Woolery and Kristen Barnes
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Chuck Woolery and his fourth wife, Kristen Barnes, attended the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences event in North Hollywood.
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The former game show host spoke in support of Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Mississippi State Sen. Chris McDaniel, during a Tea Party Express campaign event outside a Hobby Lobby store on June 22, 2014, in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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