Ray Combs
Game Show Host
Ray Combs hosted the game show Family Feud for six years, replacing original host Richard Dawson in 1988 and in turn being replaced by Dawson, who returned to the show in 1994. In 1996 Combs, apparently distraught over marital and professional problems, was admitted to the psychiatric ward of the Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center. There he used bedsheets to hang himself in a closet.Other game show hosts on Who2 include Gene Rayburn, Art Fleming and Pat Sajak.
Four Good Links
The Story of Ray Combs
Good details, from a larger Family Feud fan site
Ray Combs Filmography
A complete rundown on Combs's TV and (brief) movie credits
My Tribute to Ray Combs
A fan's simple personal eulogy
The Family Feud Home Page
The show's history in brief, with links and a photo of Combs
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Death
2 June 1996
(suicide by hanging, age 40)
Best Known As
The Family Feud host who committed suicide
