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Bob Barker’s Grave Gets Headstone 13 Months After Death: How His Family Followed His ‘Wishes’


Thirteen months after his death, animal rights champion Bob Barker finally got a simple headstone for his grave, a source exclusively tells In Touch.

Game show icon Bob Barker ’s grave finally has a headstone — 13 months after he passed away at the age of 99! The Price Is Right host was buried at celeb-favorite Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, next to his wife, Dorothy Jo, who passed away from lung cancer at the age of 57 in 1981. Although he was a household name for decades, thanks to his run on the show from 1972 to 2007, his last wish was that friends, family and his longtime companion Nancy Burnet not hold a funeral or memorial service.

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