Bob Barker turns 99 today. A look back at his life and career, in photos

Associated Press Dec 12, 2022 

Happy birthday to legendary game show host Bob Barker, who turns 99 today.

Bob Barker accepts the award for outstanding game show host, for his work on "The Price Is Right," at the 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Friday, June 15, 2007 (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

Georgina Rizk, from Beirut, Lebanon, reacts after being named Miss Universe as pageant host Bob Barker talks to her at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Fla., July 24, 1971. (AP Photo)

Rina Messinger of Israel, centre, registers her surprise when she is told she has won the Miss Universe Pageant of 1976, in Hong Kong, July 11, 1976. Runner-up Miss Venezuela Judith Castillo is right, and TV announcer Bob Barker stand on left. (AP Photo)

Gene Bayliss, choreographer for the Miss Universe pageant, acts as a stand-in for the Miss Universe winner during rehearsal in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on July 16, 1977. Bayliss, who has been choreographer for the contest for 11 years, is crowned by the reigning Miss Universe Rina Messinger, right, as host Bob Barker looks on. (AP Photo/RED)

The five Miss Universe finalists stand together on the stage at Acapulco, Mexico, July 24, 1978, with emcee Bob Barker at far left. From left: Barker; Guillermina Ruiz Domenech, Miss Spain; Judi Lois Andersen, Miss USA; Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes, Miss Colombia; Cecilia Rhode, Miss Sweden, and Margaret Gardiner, Miss South Africa. (AP Photo/Hal Moore)

Miss Universe of 1985 Deborah Carthy-Deu, of San Juan, smiles as she is crowned again by TV personality Bob Barker after the close of the Miss Universe Pageant in Miami on July 15, 1985. (AP Photo/Raul de Molina)

FILE - Television host Bob Barker appears on the set of his show, 'The Price is Right' in Los Angeles on July 25, 1985. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Bob Barker looks toward a 20th anniversary cake presented to him by the contestants in the Miss U.S.A. pageant in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Monday, Feb. 16, 1987. From left are: Miss Universe, Barbara Palacois Teyde; Miss U.S.A. Christy Fichtner; Miss Massachusetts, Rosanna Viola Iversen admire the cake. Barker says he will not preside over pageant if officials continue to insist semifinalists wear fur coats. Barker is an animal rights activist. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

Miss Maryland, Michelle Lanette Snow, receives direction from Miss USA pageant host Bob Barker on Feb. 17, 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

Television personality Bob Barker, center, leads an anti-fur protest in front of Fred the Furrier on 5th Avenue in New York on Nov. 25, 1988. He joined Nancy Burnett, president of the United Activists for Animal Rights, right, with other protestors at their demonstration against the use of animal furs for clothing. (AP Photo/Adam Stoltman)

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