Robert William Barker December 12, — August 26, was an American media personality and animal rights advocate. Barker also hosted Truth or Consequences from to Born in Darrington, Washington , in modest circumstances, Barker spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian Reservation and was a citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. He worked part-time in radio while attending college. In , Barker moved to California to pursue a broadcasting career.
He was given his own radio show, The Bob Barker Show , which ran for six years. Barker began hosting The Price Is Right in He became an advocate for animal rights and of animal rights activism , supporting groups such as the United Activists for Animal Rights , People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals , and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In , Barker retired from hosting The Price Is Right after celebrating his year career on television.
Regarded as a pop culture icon , Barker continued to make occasional appearances for several years into his retirement until Indian Census Rolls, —, list Barker as a citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, which the tribe publicly confirmed.
As Barker's father was one-quarter Sioux, [ 5 ] and his mother non-Native, Barker was one-eighth Sioux. And the Sioux were the greatest warriors of them all. Barker met his future wife, Dorothy Jo Gideon, at an Ella Fitzgerald concert while he was attending high school in Missouri; they began dating when he was On January 12, , while on leave from the military, Barker married Dorothy Jo. Barker was given his own radio show, The Bob Barker Show , which ran for the next six years from Burbank.
Barker started hosting Truth or Consequences on December 31, , and continued with the program until NBC bought the syndicated nighttime version of the Show first with James at the helm.
