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Birth Date: December 13, 1921
Birth Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Date of Death: July 21, 1988 / Age: 66
Cause of Death: bone cancer
Biography: Jack Clark (December 13, 1921 - July 21, 1988) was a well known American game show emcee and announcer. He is remembered for his hosting duties on The Cross-Wits which ran from late 1975 to early September 1980. He started his career in the industry working as an announcer on such shows as Password and Split Second. After Split Second ended in mid-1975 he began emceeing The Cross-Wits which was to last almost five years. It was shortly after The Cross-Wits ended that he began announcing for The $25,000 Pyramid in 1982 until 1985 and then started his long run (eight seasons) announcing Wheel of Fortune for which he was probably most famous. He died of cancer.
Biography Credit:
Wikipedia
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