BOB Barker married his high school sweetheart for 37 years after they tied the knot in 1945.
After his wife passed away in 1981, he categorically stated the future of his marital status in an interview several years later.
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How long was Bob Barker married for?
Veteran television game show host Bob Barker was married to Dorothy Jo Gideon for 37 years from 1945 to 1981.
Bob met Dorothy at an Ela Fitzgerald concert while he was in high school in Missouri, and the pair started dating while Bob was 15.
While Bob was training as a navy fighter pilot during World War II, the couple eloped in St. Louis while Bob was on leave.
Subsequently, they exchanged vows on January 12, 1945.
In a 2007 interview with Esquire, Bob spoke about Dorothy saying: “I was married at twenty-one; Dorothy Jo was twenty. She was with me all the time until she died.”
He added: “For some men, maybe a second or third marriage would work out fine. In my case, I had my marriage and she was the love of my life.”
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What happened to Dorothy Jo Gideon?
Dorothy Jo Gideon was born on February 25, 1924, in Springfield, Missouri.
In early March 1981, she was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Subsequently, she passed away on October 19, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 57.
Prior to her death, she appeared in 20 episodes of the 1970s game show Tattletales.
In honor of his late wife and his mother, Bob founded the DJ&T Foundation in 1995.
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Why didn’t Bob Barker ever remarry?
In an interview with PEOPLE in 1999, Bob categorically stated his intentions to remarry saying: “I’ll never marry again. Dorothy Jo was the love of my life.”
Bob later passed away in his home of natural causes on August 26, 2023.
“It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,” Bob’s publicist Roger Neal said in a statement.
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