However, Pat Sajak was ultimately given the hosting role following Woolery's departure in 1981 over a contract dispute.
"If I wouldn't have left 'Wheel of Fortune,' I'd be making about $10 million a year now," Woolery recalled in a 2003 ...
Chuck Woolery, original host of Wheel of Fortune, has died at the age of 83, leaving behind wife Kim Barnes, three kids and a ...
Chuck Woolery, the original host of game show "Wheel of Fortune" and later "The Dating Game," is dead at age 83.