Chuck Barris, the entertainment figure who created the notorious Gong Show spoof television talent contest, as well as the long-running The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game game shows, died of ...

(Reuters) - Chuck Barris, who tapped into Americans’ hunger to be on television by creating game shows such as “The Dating Game,” “The Newlywed Game” and his showcase for the acutely untalented, “The ...

Game show impresario Chuck Barris has died at 87. Barris, the madcap producer of "The Gong Show" and "The Dating Game," died of natural causes Tuesday afternoon at his home in Palisades, New York.