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'''Robin Douglas Leach''' (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was an English entertainment reporter and writer from London best known for hosting his first show, ''Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'', from 1984 to 1995. The show focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic details. 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 Belafont][[Shari Belafonte|e]], and the show was renamed ''Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte''. On 21 November 2017, Leach suffered a stroke while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/rj-columnist-robin-leach-recovering-from-mini-stroke/|title=RJ columnist Robin Leach recovering from mini-stroke|date=28 November 2017|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
[https://rebrand.ly/wisco03341 '''Robin Douglas Leach''' (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was an English entertainment reporter and writer from London best known for hosting his first show, ''Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'', from 1984 to 1995. The show focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic details. 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 Belafont]][[Shari Belafonte|e]], [https://rebrand.ly/wisco03341 and the show was renamed ''Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte''. On 21 November 2017, Leach suffered a stroke while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas.]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/rj-columnist-robin-leach-recovering-from-mini-stroke/|title=RJ columnist Robin Leach recovering from mini-stroke|date=28 November 2017|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>


==Early life==
==[https://rebrand.ly/wisco03341 Early life]==
Leach was born in [[London]], the son of Violet Victoria (Phillips) and Douglas Thomas Leach, a sales executive.<ref>{{cite web|title = Robin Leach Biography (1941-)|url = http://www.filmreference.com/film/68/Robin-Leach.html|website = Filmreference.com|accessdate = 25 October 2015}}</ref> During grammar school at [[Harrow High School]], 10 miles (16&nbsp;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|date=October 2008}}
Leach was born in [[London]], the son of Violet Victoria (Phillips) and Douglas Thomas Leach, a sales executive.<ref>{{cite web|title = Robin Leach Biography (1941-)|url = http://www.filmreference.com/film/68/Robin-Leach.html|website = Filmreference.com|accessdate = 25 October 2015}}</ref> During grammar school at [[Harrow High School]], 10 miles (16&nbsp;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|date=October 2008}}


Revision as of 18:23, 24 August 2018

Robin Leach
Born
Robin Douglas Leach

(1941-08-29)29 August 1941
London, United Kingdom
Died24 August 2018(2018-08-24) (aged 76)
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Occupation(s)Television personality, entertainment reporter, writer, columnist
Years active1982–2018

Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was an English entertainment reporter and writer from London best known for hosting his first show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, from 1984 to 1995. The show focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic details. 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 Belafont]e, and the show was renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte. On 21 November 2017, Leach suffered a stroke while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas.[1]

Early life

Leach was born in London, the son of Violet Victoria (Phillips) and Douglas Thomas Leach, a sales executive.[2] During grammar school at Harrow High School, 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]

Career

Leach moved on to the Daily Mail as Britain's youngest "Page One" reporter at age 18. In 1963, he immigrated to the United States and wrote for a number of publications (New York Daily News, People, Ladies Home Journal, etc.) before launching GO Magazine[3] and then became show business editor of The Star.

Leach got his start in television as a regular contributor to AM Los Angeles, with Regis Philbin & Sarah Purcell on KABC-TV. 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 the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania IV, where he read the rules for the championship tournament. Leach hosted an exposé documentary of Madonna, "Madonna Xposed", for the Fox network in 1993. The documentary was a biography of Madonna focusing on her career and publicity stunts. Before the documentary aired, he gave Madonna a cell phone number; 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.[citation needed] He also hosted the Lifestyles spinoff Fame, Fortune and Romance,[4] along with future Today Show host Matt Lauer.[5]

Leach hosted The Surreal Life: Fame Games on VH1 in 2007. He also served as the public address announcer for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Starting in 1999, he resided in Las Vegas.[6] He wrote for the Las Vegas Sun and the daily VegasDeluxe.com website from 2008 through June 2016,[7] when he was hired by Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Review-Journal.[8]

Leach appeared in the 2006 documentary film Maxed Out, which chronicled the rise of the credit card industry in the United States and the concurrent increased personal debt among working-class people. Leach remarked, "Nobody would watch Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown". The comment was highlighted by a review in The Baltimore Sun.[9]

Death

Leach died on 24 August 2018 at the age of 76 from complications from a stroke.[10]

Leach and Lifestyles has been referenced and parodied many times in music, TV and films.

References

  1. ^ "RJ columnist Robin Leach recovering from mini-stroke". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Robin Leach Biography (1941-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ^ "GO Magazine". Musicradio 77 WABC. Retrieved 14 September 2013. GO Magazine was a North America-wide free newspaper/magazine that was distributed between 1967 and 1969.
  4. ^ O'Connor, John J. (19 June 1986). "TV REVIEWS; 'FAME, FORTUNE AND ROMANCE,' A NEW SERIES ON 7". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Heffernan, Virginia (9 May 2003). "Matt Lauer Sees a Serious Place". Slate.
  6. ^ "Las Vegas Review-Journal To Expand Focus On Celebrity, Entertainment News". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch". Greenspun Interactive Media. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  8. ^ REVIEW-JOURNAL, MIKE WEATHERFORD LAS VEGAS (24 June 2016). "Robin Leach joining RJ to expand celebrity, lifestyle coverage". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  9. ^ Eileen Ambrose. "Movie about credit-card woes was to be a comedy". Baltimore Sun.
  10. ^ "Robin Leach, 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous' Host, Dies at 76". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Dana Carvey as Robin Leach". Yahoo Screen. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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