Death
In 1981, Barry, along with then-producer Ron Greenberg began grooming Jim Peck as his successor for The Joker's Wild. Peck had periodically stood-in for Barry from 1981 to 1984, and Barry had planned to retire from hosting in September 1984 and bring Peck in as his successor.
On May 2, 1984, less than a month after completing Joker's seventh syndicated season and returning from a visit to his daughter in Europe, Barry suffered a massive cardiac arrest during a morning jog in Central Park. A lifelong smoker, he died at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Barry's body was flown back to Southern California, and is now buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.
Though Barry had intended Jim Peck to succeed him as Joker's host, Bill Cullen became the new host and continued in that role until September 1986, when the syndicated version ended. However, Peck did host a few more weeks' worth of episodes in Cullen's place before the show's end.
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