Robin Leach, 76, ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ Host, Dies

Saturday, August 25, 2018

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Robin Leach with an unidentified imitator in an undated photo. With his distinctive, British-accented voice and exuberant, exclamation-point delivery, he was widely recognized and just as widely parodied.CreditCredit

Robin Leach, who became a symbol of unapologetic opulence as host of the popular syndicated television show “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” in the 1980s and ’90s, died on Friday in Las Vegas. He was 76.

John Katsilometes, a columnist at The Las Vegas Review-Journal, where Mr. Leach was also a columnist, announced the death on Twitter. He said Mr. Leach had had a stroke in November and another on Monday.

With his distinctive, British-accented voice and exuberant, exclamation-point delivery, Mr. Leach was widely recognized and just as widely parodied during the initial run of the show, from 1984 to 1995, and long after. But he rebelled at the perception that he himself was as rich as the people whose lavish homes and lives he was bringing to his audiences.

“Everyone thinks I make what Oprah does, or Cosby,” he told The New York Times in 1990, “but I don’t, because we’re in syndication.”