Robin Leach

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Robin Leach
Born	Robin Douglas Leach 29 August 1941 (1941-08-29) (age 68) London, England, UK
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1982–present

Robin Douglas Leach (born 29 August 1941; London, England) is an English celebrity writer famous for hosting his first show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, in the mid-1980s and into the mid-1990s, which focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic endeavors. His voice is often parodied by other actors with his signature phrase, "champagne wishes and caviar dreams." During the final season, he was assisted by Shari Belafonte, and the show was renamed, Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early life

During grammar school at Harrow County School for Boys, 10 miles (16 km) from London, he edited a school magazine, The Gayton Times, at age 14. At age 15 he became a general news reporter for The Harrow Observer and started a monthly glossy town magazine at age 17.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career

Leach moved on to the Daily Mail as Britain's youngest "Page One" reporter, at age 18. In 1963, he emigrated to America and wrote for a number of publications (New York Daily News, People, Ladies Home Journal etc.) before launching GO Magazine and then was show business editor of The Star.

Other television work includes reporting for People Tonight, on CNN and Entertainment Tonight and helping start Good Morning Australia, as well as the Food Network. Leach was also a guest at World Wrestling Entertainment's WrestleMania IV, where he read the rules for the championship tournament. In 1993, Leach hosted an exposé of Madonna aired on Fox titled, "Madonna Xposed," which was a biography and explanation of Madonna's career and reputation for stunts, which beforehand he had given the number of a cell phone to which he claimed that at any point during the airing Madonna could call Leach and argue any point. Madonna never called and the documentary continued without incident. He also hosts another 80's show, "Fame, Fortune & Romance", along with future "Today Show" host Matt Lauer.

In 1994, late rapper Biggie Smalls referred to Robin Leach in his hit song "Juicy".

Leach hosted, The Surreal Life: Fame Games, on VH1, in 2007.

He currently resides in Las Vegas and writes the daily VegasDeluxe.com web-site.^[1]

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[edit] External links

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• Robin Leach at the Internet Movie Database