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Actor, Richard Dawson, was born Colin Lionel Emm on Nov 20, 1932 in Gosport, England. Dawson died at the age of 79 on Jun 2, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA .

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He was offered the lead role as Cpt. Robert Hogan in "Hogan's Heroes" (1965), but didn't sound American enough, hence, the role was given to Bob Crane. Dawson was later offered the role of Cpl. Peter Newkirk.

Was not the first choice to host the original "Family Feud" (1976) for ABC, when Mark Goodson found out that Geoff Edwards was under contract with both Chuck Barris and Bob Stewart, hence, he was unavailable to host the show's pilot.

According to fellow game show host Jim Perry, he said Dawson had occasionally thrown zingers, between the first-run of "Card Sharks" (1978), which was also produced by Mark Goodson, but was hosted by Perry himself. But when asked the question as to how many people knew it was actually him, only 31/100 people agreed.

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