Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Bob Barker, 94, was hospitalized on Sunday for severe back pain forthe second time in two months. “He’s alert, awake and resting comfortably,” Barker’s rep said. Barker’s rep said Sunday’s hospitalization was “a continuation of his back [problem] from last month.” But Barker is “doing okay, [and] hopefully he’ll get discharged today.” The hospitalizations come more than a year after Barker first fell at home in June 2017....

Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)Bob Barker is resting at home after first responders attended to the iconicPrice Is Righthost.Barker’s manager confirmed to PEOPLE on Wednesday that an ambulance and the fire department responded to his Hollywood Hills home on Tuesday for a “non-emergency back problem.”The 94-year-old longtime game show host is now “fine and resting at home,” according to his manager.RadarOnlinefirst reported the news.The incident comes more than a year after he fell and hit his head at his home in June 2017....

Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Bob Barker was hospitalized on Monday, less than two weeks after suffering anon-emergency back problemat his Hollywood Hills home. Barker’s manager confirms to PEOPLE that the formerPrice Is Righthost, 94, was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles due to an “increased level of pain” from his previous back injury. Bob Barker.Jesse Grant/WireImage Thirteen days before Monday’s incident, an ambulance and the fire department responded to Barker’s home for a “non-emergency back problem” on Oct....

Photo: Kevork Djansezian/AP/ShutterstockThe Price Is Rightis gearing up for its 50th season next month, and beloved former hostBob Barkercan’t help but get nostalgic over the monumental fete.“I’m often asked what I loved most about my years withPrice, and the first thing that pops to mind is … the money, of course!” Barker, 97, jokes in this week’s issue of PEOPLE.“All kidding aside, there was much to love. I had the pleasure of working with a dedicated and talented cast and crew for 35 great years....

Bob Barker, the legendary host ofThe Price Is Right, has died, PEOPLE can confirm. He was 99. Barker died of natural causes in his longtime Hollywood Hills home this week, Roger Neal — who served as his publicist from 1987 through 1994, and again from 2020 — announced Saturday on behalf of Barker’s girlfriend,Nancy Burnet. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker, has left us," Neal said in a statement....

Photo: Courtesy Just Born Quality Confections; Alamy Stock Photo Ira “Bob” Born, the candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps,” has died. He was 98. Born in N.Y.C., Born’s family moved in the 1930s to Bethlehem, Penn. where Just Born is still based. After graduating from Lehigh University, Born enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served as a radar specialist and a lieutenant on a destroyer in the Pacific....

Bob Costas‘ days at NBC are numbered. Costas, who has served at the network for nearly 40 years, is in talks to leave. USA Todayreportsthat Costas, 66, and his reps have had discussions with NBC about ending his contract, which runs through 2021, early. “There was a very long period of time when NBC’s programming suited my interests and abilities very well, from (late-night talk show)Later, to the news magazines, to baseball, the NBA and the Olympics,” Costas told the outlet in a pair of phone calls....

Photo: Ethan Miller/GettyOne of the most unforgettable moments from the 2014 Sochi Olympics happened far from the slopes, was instead behind the NBC anchor desk asBob Costasdealt with dueling pink eyes.In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, the longtime sportscaster, 69, talks about the time he suffered from viral conjunctivitis while hosting the Winter Olympics — and the “ridiculous” theories that followed.“It just started out in one eye,” Costas recalls. “They said, ‘Oh, it’ll be gone in three days....

Bob Costas.CreditBob Costaswith the save!The legendary sports broadcaster, 71, was dining with a longtime friend in Syracuse, New York, recently when the man began choking, and Costas was able to save him, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.“Bob performed the Heimlich maneuver and his friend was very quickly totally fine,” the rep says.The baseball announcer, who studied at Syracuse University, was in the area for homecoming weekend and to speak to classes, “as he often does,” his rep says, when the incident occurred two weekends ago....

Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty For over 40 years,Bob Costashas been the voice behind some of sports' most unforgettable moments — but there’s one memory he will cherish forever. In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, the longtime sportscaster, 69, recalls the emotional moment Muhammad Ali — who died in 2016 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease for over 30 years — lit the cauldron during a surprise appearance at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

Bob Dole.Photo: Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Former Republican presidential and vice-presidential nomineeBob Dolesays that, although he supported Donald Trump’s bid for reelection, he doesn’t buy the former president’s false claims of election fraud. In a wide-ranginginterview withUSA Today, Dole — who recently turned 98 — said the failure of the campaign’s many lawsuits aimed at overturning the election results was proof that there was never any fraud to begin with....

Bob Dole in 2019.Photo: Tom Brenner/Getty Former Republican presidential and vice-presidential nomineeBob Dole— an Army veteran who spent nearly 30 years in the Senate — has stage four lung cancer and will begin treatment next week. Dole, whoturned 97in July, announced his diagnosis in a statement on Thursday morning. He said he was “recently” diagnosed and would start treatment on Monday. “While I certainly have some hurdles ahead, I also know that I join millions of Americans who face significant health challenges of their own,” he said....

Bob Doletouched hearts around the world with the incredibly moving way he chose to honor his former opponentGeorge H.W. Bushat the former president’s funeral last year — but he originally had a much simpler tribute in mind. During the emotional scene, Dole washelped out of his wheelchairwith assistance from an aide, lifted into standing position and steadied at the casket’s side before paying his respects to Bush, whodiedin December at age 94, with a salute to his fellow World War II veteran....