"If I wouldn't have left 'Wheel of Fortune,' I'd be making about $10 million a year now," Woolery recalled in a 2003 interview.

Chuck Woolery, the game show veteran who was the original host of "Wheel of Fortune" and went on to host "Love Connection," has died at 83.

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,

Chuck Woolery, by any measure one of the most successful game show hosts in history, passed away this weekend. The 83-year-old star is probably best remembered as the first host of Wheel Of Fortune, though he also guided a ton of other shows to sustained success including Love Connection and Scrabble, both of which ran for around a decade.

Chuck Woolery has died at the age of 83. The original Wheel of Fortune host passed away in his Texas home, according to a longtime friend. As AP News reports, Chuck’s podcast co-host and friend, Dr. Mark Young,

The former TV personality and conservative commentator hosted "Wheel" for several years prior to Pat Sajak's decades-long run.

Game show legend Chuck Woolery has died at the age of 83. "It is with a broken heart that I tell you that my dear brother @chuckwoolery has just passed away. Life will not be the same without him. RIP brother,

The hit dating show, which helped revive Woolery's career, was one of the most popular game shows of the 1980s and '90s.