"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.

Former Wheel of Fortune host Chuck Woolery died at age 83. He passed away at his home in Texas with his wife Kristen Barnes at his side on Saturday, November 23. Mark Young, his friend and co-host of his Blunt Force Truth Podcast,

The contestants for the Holiday special are Chance the Rapper (who is playing for SocialWorks), legendary singer Dionne Warwick (playing for North Jersey Community Research Initiative), and Lil Jon (playing for Open Paths Counseling Center). Sajak and the iconic White will serve as co-hosts.

Chuck Woolery, the media personality best known for hosting the game shows "Wheel of Fortune" and "Love Connection," died on Saturday at the age of 83. Woolery's friend and podcast co-host Mark Young said in a statement on X: "It is with a broken heart that I tell you that my dear brother has just passed away.

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

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

Woolery and his wife, Kim, were at their home in Texas when Woolery informed her he wasn't feeling great and he went to lie down. When she returned to the room a little bit later, she said that Woolery appeared to be struggling to breathe;