Bob Barker was an American television game show host. He was the longest host of CBS’s The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in North American television history. He was the host of the game show from 1972 to 2007.

e also hosted Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975. In this article, we will dive into his personal life to find out the number of times he was married when he was alive.

How many times was Bob Barker married?

Before his death on August 26, 2023, he was a widower who had married once.

His wife, Dorothy Jo Gideon whom he was married to for more than three decades passed away on October 19, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, United States, of lung cancer at age 57.

Why didn’t Bob Barker ever remarry?

After more than four decades after the passing away of his wife, the late Bob never remarried.

According to the information gathered, he was still holding her memory dearly. He could be recalled that  Barker told PEOPLE in 1999 that “I’ll never marry again.” He added that “Dorothy Jo was the love of my life.”

The two met at an Ella Fitzgerald concert while he was attending high school in Missouri; they began dating when he was 15 and got married in 1945 when he was 21 and his wife was 20.

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