Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble” has died.

Chuck Woolery, former game show host of "Wheel of Fortune," "Love Connection" and "Scrabble," has died at the age of 83, ...

Actor Franco Nero is 83. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas ("Basic Instinct," ''Showgirls") is 80. Comedy writer Bruce Vilanch ("Hollywood Squares") is 76. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 70.

After a few years, Woolery demanded a raise to $500,000 a year, or what host Peter Marshall was making on “Hollywood Squares.