Chuck Woolery, smooth game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at age 83

NEW YORK (AP) – Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble,” who later became a right-wing podcaster who blasted liberals and accused the government of lying about COVID -19, is dead. He was 83.

Mark Young, Woolery’s podcast co-host and friend, said in an email early Sunday that Woolery died at his home in Texas with his wife, Kristen, present. “Chuck was a dear friend and brother and a man of tremendous faith, life will not be the same without him,” Young wrote.