Robin Leach

Robin Douglas Leach 29 August 1941  24 August 2018 was a British entertainment reporter writer columnist and TV personality After beginning his career as a print journalist first in England and then in the United States he became best known for hosting the television series Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous from 1984 to 1995 The show focused on profiling wellknown celebrities and their lavish homes cars and other materialistic details At age 15 he became a general news reporter for the Harrow Observer and earned 6 a week after graduation Leach moved on to the Daily Mail as Britains youngest Page One reporter at age 18 In 1963 he emigrated to the United States though he maintained his English accent throughout his life which would become a trademark of his when he began working in television years later He wrote for several American newspapers including New York Daily News People and Ladies Home Journal before launching GO Magazine in 19673 and then became show business editor of The Star Leach got his start in television as a regular contributor to AM Los Angeles with Regis Philbin and Sarah Purcell on KABCTV Other television work included reporting for People Tonight on CNN and Entertainment Tonight and helping start Good Morning Australia as well as the Food Network Leach was also a guest at the World Wrestling Federations WrestleMania IV where he read the rules for the championship tournament Leach hosted an exposé documentary of Madonna  Madonna Exposed  for the Fox network in March 1993 He also hosted the Lifestyles spinoffs Runaway with the Rich and Famous and Fame Fortune and Romance along with future Today Show host Matt Lauer He also served as the public address announcer for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway From 1999 he resided in Las Vegas He wrote for the Las Vegas Sun and the daily VegasDeluxecom website from 2008 through June 2016 when he was hired by Sheldon Adelsons Las Vegas ReviewJournal On 20 November 2017 Leach had a stroke while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas He had another stroke on 20 August 2018 and died under hospice care in Las Vegas on 24 August at the age of 76