Looks like a repeat of a hoax.

http://shorenewsnetwork.com/2020/04/19/the-internet-has-just-killed-price-is-right-host-bob-barker-for-the-third-time/

Not so fast. I hope the next thing you're going to say isn't so is that the money I sent by Western Union this morning to get my grandson out of jail was a scam?

(Oh wait, he's only 5 years old. Never mind.)

I got that call a month ago, Elmer. The guy sounded like he was about 50 years old, and my oldest grandson is 13. I had planned to play along if I ever got one of those calls, but I didn't feel like it at the moment. Just played dumb, and he hung up.

According to Wikipedia Bob is still alive at age 96 and worth $70 million. Not bad.

sheilajoyce, I was kidding. I've heard of such calls but haven't received one. I quietly disconnect asap from any soliciting calls I don't want to receive, whether legit or not.

My father got that call twice! Fortunately I was there both times, and he always put the phone on speaker so I let the first caller go through the whole spiel before hanging up. The second one I hung up immediately. I sent my dad articles from AARP to show him I was right lol

My dad got that call a few years ago. He told them, 'If the kid did something wrong he needs to learn a lesson -- go ahead and jail him.' LOL! This was back when my dad was still early enough in his Alzheimer's to be sure he didn't actually have a grandson ... I think!

So when he really does die, everyone will assume it's just a hoax again. I haven't seen any news about it on the MSN home page so I guess he isn't dead after all.

Ironic: I saw this just after reading about a donation The Price is Right made to the support of killing tiny humans. That up against the law suits this man incurred that would have fueled the #METOO movement it SHOCKS me to find support for him here............................

I liked the show "The Price Is Right" when Bob Barker hosted it. I liked that Bob said, "Have your pets spayed or neutered" at the end of every show. No judgement here.

I watched Ru Paul on "The Price Is Right" the other night. He is a fashion icon!

Glad to hear Bob Barker isn't deceased. He's lived a "large life" in the public eye. Can't be easy.

Killing tiny humans? What's that? I'm personally pro choice if that's what you mean? To planned parenthood or something? That don't mean killing tiny humans!

I see from the '60UP' commercials that Bob Eubanks is still alive and kicking at 82. For those that don't remember him...he hosted the Newlywed Game show back in the 60s and 70s. The show was always good for some giggles.

I really admire Bob Barker's commitment to animals. He has given millions
of dollars to spay/neuter programs and other animal causes, plus
millions to injured service member programs. Hope he is with us for a
long time still, in good health. I always hoped he and Betty White, who
is also quite an animal activist, would get together. Maybe there's
still time. :)

I listened to an audiobook about Bob Barker's life and enjoyed it very much. He related a funny story of when he was a radio commentator, just starting out. He was to announce a football game and presumably there was no broadcast booth, so he stood on top of a truck in the parking lot so he could see the field. As he was climbing onto the truck, he put his microphone into his pocket but found when he went to retrieve it, that it had snagged on a thread in his coat pocket and he couldn't get it out. He had to announce the whole game by speaking into his pocket! lol! I was taking a sip of water as I listened and this story caused me to start laughing so hard that I swallowed the wrong way and gave myself a coughing fit!

Nickel my folks would have said the same thing