Jim Lange, Genial Host of 'Dating Game,' Dies at 81

Jim Lange — host of "The Dating Game" — one of the biggest game-type shows in the history of TV — is dead.Lange was a huge presence on the show …

jim-lange-dating-game-phil-hartman-bob-saget. Long before roses were being handed out on "The Bachelorette," ABC brought us "The Dating Game," where a cute bachelor or bachelorette would interview three eligible suitors without being able to see them 

St. Paul's Jim Lange, who rubbed broadcast elbows with Casey Jones and Steve Cannon before seizing fame as the original and best-known host of the legendary “Dating Game” television show during the 1960s and 1970s, has died. Lange, who graduated 

Jim Lange, the first host of the popular game show The Dating Game, has died at his home in Mill Valley, Calif. He was 81. He died Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack, his wife Nancy told The Associated Press 

This morning, news broke that the original Dating Game host Jim Lange died Tuesday morning from a heart attack at the age of 81, reports CBS LA. During his long career as host of The Dating Game from 1965 to 1980, Jim