Jack Clark (television personality)
Jack Clark | |
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Clark as host on The Cross-Wits | |
| Born | Jack Leslie Clark November 25, 1925 St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 21, 1988 (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Game show host Announcer |
| Years active | 1951–1988 |
| Notable credit(s) | The Cross-Wits Wheel of Fortune (1980–1988) |
| Spouse |
Barbara McKnight (m. 1951) |
| Children | 4 |
Jack Leslie Clark (November 25, 1925 – July 21, 1988) was an American television personality, game show host, and announcer. He is best known for hosting The Cross-Wits, and as an offstage announcer for Password and Wheel of Fortune. On the latter, he succeeded original announcer Charlie O'Donnell and held the role from 1980 until his death in 1988 (O'Donnell took back the announcing position until his own death in 2010). On July 21, 1988, Clark died in Los Angeles, California from bone cancer at age 62.