Game show announcer Art James dead

[CO Liberal]

Game show announcer Art James dead

Thursday, April 1, 2004 Posted: 12:25 PM EST (1725 GMT)

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) -- Art James, who was an announcer or host for a dozen TV game shows over three decades, including "Concentration" and "Family Feud Challenge," has died. He was 74.

James, who lived in Chaska, died Sunday in Palm Springs, California, his former wife, Sandra Pietron, said Wednesday. Pietron, also of Chaska, said he was stricken by a sudden illness and the cause of death was not known.

James worked as an announcer on "Concentration," which ran from 1958 to 1973 and was NBC's longest-running game show.

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/01/obit.james.ap/index.html

[CO Liberal]

1. Kinda Sad No One Responded to This....

:-(

[SoCalDem]

4. In the lounge, they will respond..

I liked the guy :)..Never liked Wink :(

[The Zanti Regent]

2. So sad.

I remember as a kid, Art James and other game show hosts like Bill Leyden, Bud Collier, Larry Blyden, Bill Cullen and Garry Moore, Tom Kennedy, Jack Narz, Jan Murray, Monty Hall, Jim Lange, Gene Rayburn, and Allen Ludden.

I guess the only one left of this group is Bob Barker...

:-(

[CO Liberal]

3. Wink Martindale, Peter Marshall, and Bob Eubanks Are Still Around

BTW, Tom Kennedy and Jack Narz were brothers.

[murielm99]

5. I am trying to remember the name of the original Jeopardy host.

Was it Art Fleming?

[Piperay]

6. YES, it was Art Fleming...

he was a classy kind of guy, very intelligent. Unfortunately the last I saw of him was a few years back doing an infomericial. :-(