'Family Feud' star Richard Dawson dies at 79
By TODAY.com staff
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Richard Dawson, center, during a taping of "Family Feud" in 1980 with Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett and Cowboys cheerleader Suzette Scholz-Derrick.
Richard Dawson, the British actor and comedian best known for kissing every female contestant he could get his hands on in the television game show "Family Feud," has died his son said Sunday.
"It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my father passed away this evening from complications due to esophageal cancer. He was surrounded by his family. He was an amazing talent, a loving husband, a great dad, and a doting grandfather. He will be missed but always remembered," Gary Dawson said in a posting on Facebook.
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