Game show icon Jack Narz dead at 85
Veteran game show host Jack Narz has died at the age of 85.I don't like the headline at this L.A. Times obituary for Narz, "Jack Narz Dies At 85; Host Of One Of First Programs Involved In Quiz Show Scandals." It makes the casual reader think that Narz actually had something to do with rigging the game show Dotto (found to have given some contestants the answers, along with Twenty-One and The $64,000 Question) in the 50s when in actuality he knew nothing about it. Sure, he's part of the story, but keep that info for the body of the article and not the headline.
Besides Dotto, Narz is probably best known for Beat The Clock (that's where I know him from the most, watching it as a little kid - I even bought the board game!) and Concentration (yup, I bought that game too). He also hosted, substitute hosted or served as announcer on several other shows, including The Price Is Right, Tattletales, Seven Keys, Space Patrol, The Movie Game, Place The Face, and Now You See It, among others. He even recorded an album of folk songs.
Narz died in Los Angeles from complications after a stroke. For you trivia fans, Narz was the brother of another veteran game show host, Tom Kennedy.

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