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Chuck Woolery’s Net Worth: How Much Money the Late ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Host Had

Woolery, who was the first host of ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ died at the age of 83. Learn more about the late game show host and his successful career.

(Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images) Woolery left Wheel of Fortune in the early 1980s due to a salary dispute with the show’s network at the time, NBC. Woolery’s friend Mark Young confirmed his death in an X post on November 23, 2024, which read, “It is with a broken heart that I tell you that my dear brother @chuckwoolery has just passed away. It’s still unclear what caused the issue, but Young told the outlet that he was with Woolery at his Texas home, and the late Love Connection host didn’t feel well.

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