# Jim Perry dead @ 82

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 20, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119 "2015-11-20T23:01:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119/1 "2015-11-20T23:01:54Z")

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> **[Jim Perry, game show 'king', dies at 82](https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jim-perry-game-show-king-dies-at-82-1.2668049)**
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> Broadcaster Jim Perry, known for hosting several Canadian and American game shows and the Miss Canada Pageant for more than two decades, died on Friday. He was 82.

Jim Perry, of the 1978-81 NBC _Card Sharks_, and of the 1983-89 _$ale of the Century_ (which started right on my second birthday, believe it or not), has just now passed on.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119/2 "2015-11-20T23:53:32Z")

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Holy crap, I remember that dude. He was 82??? Good god time flies!

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119/3 "2015-11-20T23:55:57Z")

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I liked _Definition_. Lotsa puns, some of them good.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119/4 "2015-11-21T00:01:50Z")

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The baseball pitcher is only 80. Must not be him.

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**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119/5 "2015-11-21T00:05:51Z")

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> [@Frank](#):
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> The baseball pitcher is only 80. Must not be him.

That’s right-- it isn’t. This is the former game show emcee by that name.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119/6 "2015-11-21T16:17:58Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> I liked _Definition_. Lotsa puns, some of them good.

Notable for its boombastic Quincy Jones theme song and for being on right after school so that, in the 2 channel universe, everyone watched it even though they didn’t necessarily like it.

Also notable for the way Perry’s hair went from white to brown and back again over night.