‘Danger!’ Fans mourn the death of Show legend Bruce Seymour

Previous Super danger! Winner Bruce Seymour, who won a total of $305,989 on the iconic game show, has died. He was 77.

According to one Legacy.com obituary, Seymour died on September 18, 2024 after a seven-week battle with a COVID infection. He was described as in “excellent health” before his infection.

A long time Danger! fans will remember Seymour for his appearance on the show back in 1987 where he won four consecutive matches. He later returned for the 1988 Tournament of Champions and lost in the quarterfinals. He reappeared in 1990 for Super Danger!a one-time summer-long tournament involving 36 former champions.

Seymour won Super Danger! championship prize of $250,000. This victory brought his total Danger! prize money winnings to a whopping $305,989, which at the time was the most any contestant had won.

The prize money enabled Seymour to research his interest in the life of 19th century stage artist Lola Montez. After traveling the world to pursue this research, Seymour published a book, Lola Montez, A Lifein 1996. He also wrote several articles on travel and opera for various publications.

Born in Indianapolis, Seymour attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., where he was editor-in-chief of The Lawrentian and assistant general manager of the college radio station. He graduated with a major in political science in 1968 before enlisting in the Air Force, serving as a supply officer at Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana.

He received an early discharge in 1972 at the end of the Vietnam War and began traveling the world. He returned to the United States in 1973, where he started law school at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. He graduated and was admitted to the California bar in 1977.

Seymour briefly practiced law with his brother before embarking on a road trip across the United States to visit the graves and libraries of every president. After returning to California, he accepted an offer from an old law school classmate and his wife to become a handyman at their newly purchased 70-year-old home in Piedmont.

Legacy.com

In 2007, Seymour moved on to the Peace Corps, where he was assigned a position in Ukraine. He was medically discharged by the Peace Corps after developing cataracts. Seymour returned to San Francisco and worked as an attorney for the US Department of Health and Human Services until he retired in 2016 and continued his passion for traveling the world.

“Throughout his life and wherever he traveled, Bruce made many friends with whom he continued to communicate until his death,” it reads. “Although he never married, perhaps disappointing some of his girlfriends, he realized that his desire to continue traveling as long as he could, at the lowest cost and with the fewest possible possessions, was unsuitable for a stable commitment. He was determined to do it his way, and he did to the end.”

After news of Seymour’s death became public, there were more Danger! fans took to social media to share their comments and condolences.

“What an amazing life in so many ways. He wrote the book on Lola Montez! RIP sweet man,” wrote a Reddit commenter.

“Wow! A legend,” said another.

“What a life well lived!! Unbelievable!” another added.

Another wrote: “Ah man RIP. Sad we never got to see him return to the show.”

“That’s a damn obituary. What a life! RIP, Champ,” said one fan.

Seymour is survived by his older brother, James, and his wife, Carol King; his younger sister, Katherine, and her husband, Scott Ward; his family, Bruce, Ellen, Brian and Emily Gilmore; Brian’s wife, Leslie, and their five children; and many, many friends all over the world.

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