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Jim Lange, first host of popular show 'The Dating Game,' dies at 81.
• SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Jim Lange, the first host of the popular game show "The Dating Game," has died at his home in Mill Valley, Calif. He was 81.
• He died Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack, his wife Nancy told The Associated Press Wednesday.
• Though Lange had a successful career in radio, he is best known for his television role on ABC's "The Dating Game," which debuted in 1965 and on which he appeared for more than a decade, charming audiences with his mellifluous voice and wide, easygoing grin.
• He also played host to many celebrity guests. Michael Jackson, Steve Martin and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others, appeared as contestants.
• Even a pre-"Charlie's Angels" Farrah Fawcett appeared on the program, introduced as "an accomplished artist and sculptress" with a dream to open her own gallery.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Thursday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2014. There are 307 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Feb. 27, 1814, Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93, was first performed in Vienna. (Also on the program was Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, which had premiered in Dec. 1813.)
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• On this date:
• In 1801, the District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.
• In 1911, inventor Charles F. Kettering demonstrated his electric automobile starter in Detroit by starting a Cadillac's motor with just the press of a switch, instead of hand-cranking.
• In 1922, the Supreme Court, in Leser v. Garnett, unanimously upheld the 19th (Continued on page 34)
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