Chuck Woolery, by any measure one of the most successful game show hosts in history, passed away this weekend. The 83-year-old star is probably best remembered as the first host of Wheel Of Fortune, though he also guided a ton of other shows to sustained success including Love Connection and Scrabble, both of which ran for around a decade.

Woolery died at his home in Texas, according to his longtime friend Mark Young Chuck Woolery, the original host of Wheel of Fortune, has died. He was 83. Woolery died at his home in Texas with his wife Kristen present,

Woolery hosted “Wheel of Fortune” from 1975 through 1981, and then hosted “Scrabble” from 1984 through 1990 and for one more season in 1993. He was, perhaps, best known for his run as the host of “Love Connection” from 1983 through 1994.