Bob Barker, longtime Price is Right host and animal rights activist, dies aged 99

Television personality had iconic career spanning 50 years in which he garnered 19 Daytime Emmy awards

Bob Barker had an iconic career, hosting CBS’s The Price is Right for 35 years up until his retirement in 2007. Picture: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

Popular gameshow host Bob Barker, a household name widely recognised as the host of Truth or Consequences and The Price Is Right, has died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 99, his publicist has said.

Barker, a long-time animal rights activist, died on Saturday morning, according to his publicist, Roger Neal.