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 TV game show "The Dating Game," died … Read more
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 … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – 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 Wednesday. This morning, news broke that the original Dating Game host … Read more