Mark Young, Woolery's podcast co-host and friend, said in an email early Sunday that Woolery died at his home in Texas.

Chuck Woolery, the original host of "Wheel of Fortune" who was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame and later became a frequent presence on right-wing media, died Saturday at his home in Texas.

Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble” who later became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19,