LOS ANGELES -- Chuck Woolery, the original host of “Wheel of Fortune,” has died ... into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007 and earned a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978.

He died just a couple of months ago, but NPR was able to talk to him about the show back in 2007. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) CHUCK WOOLERY: "Wheel Of Fortune" came from Merv playing ...

Game show veteran Chuck Woolery, who hosted the original versions of Wheel of Fortune and Love Connection, died November 23. He was 83 ... a job he held for 11 years. Other game shows he has ...