Match Game' Panelist Brett Somers Dies

[FoBoT]

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) ? Actress and comedian Brett Somers, who amused game show fans with her quips on the "Match Game" in the 1970s, has died, her son said. She was 83.

Somers died Saturday at her home in Westport of stomach and colon cancer, Adam Klugman said Monday.

Hosted by Gene Rayburn, "Match Game" was the top game show during much of the 1970s. Contestants would try to match answers to nonsense questions with a panel of celebrities; much of the humor came from the racy quips and putdowns.

Shows from the 1973-79 run, featuring regulars like Somers, Richard Dawson and Charles Nelson Reilly, are still seen on cable TV's GSN (formerly Game Show Network.)

i used to watch this when i would play hooky and stay home from school

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[Kadarin]

:momentofsilence;

Match Game was my favorite game show of all time when I was growing up.

 

[Rage187]

They all go in 3's

First Charles Nelson Reilly, now her. Wonder who the 3rd will be.

 

[hdeck]

i still watch those on GSN

 

[Crazee]

Originally posted by: Rage187
They all go in 3's

First Charles Nelson Reilly, now her. Wonder who the 3rd will be.

Well if it is 3 from Match Game, then look at the regulars from the "Golden years":

Gene Rayburn (Died 1999)
Brett Somers (Died 2007)
Charles Nelson Reilly (Died 2007)
McLean Stevenson (died 1996)
Richard Dawson

There are some semi-regular celebs, but those were the regulars so it looks like Richard Dawson should be really really careful right now. :Q

 

[Muadib]