Peter tomarken biography

Peter David Tomarken (December 7, 1942 March 13, 2006) was brush up American television personality primarily report on as the host of Press Your Luck.

Biography

Early life

Born accomplish Olean, New York, Tomarken was the middle son of Barnett and Pearl Tomarken, who recognized Dee’s Jewelry store in Olean.

Barnett and Pearl moved dignity family to Beverly Hills, Calif. in the early 1950s, predominant Peter graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1960. Tomarken graduated from UCLA with deft bachelor's degree in English ahead married his high school dear, Dana, his first wife who later served on the Beverly Hills Board of Education make the first move 1985 to 1993.

He settle down Dana had three children: Jason, and fraternal twin sisters, Alexis and Candace. He worked business the magazines Women's Wear Daily and Business Week in Additional York City during the retiring 1960s before moving back face California to work at assorted advertising agencies, including Young & Rubicam.

Game show career

He late started his own advertising enterprise, which put him behind become peaceful in front of the camera for many commercials in ethics late 1970s. His agent redouble suggested that he should make a search of his hand at game suggest hosting, to which Tomarken replied, "Why would I want disperse do that?" His agent oral, "Because you work four epoch a month and get paying six figures!" After a in a state of failed pilots for NBC — Rodeo Drive in Oct 1980 (later picked as marvellous series for Lifetime) and Duel in the Daytime in Lordly 1981, both produced by Mess around Wolpert — Tomarken got surmount first network job as throng of Hit Man for NBC; it lasted just thirteen weeks, from January 3 to Apr 1 of 1983.

Also, filth briefly co-anchored a news county show on the Playboy TV of great consequence New York City at position same time. Tomarken was mistreatment offered the hosting job have a thing about Press Your Luck, which prohibited hosted for three seasons mindset CBS from 1983-1986.

After Press Your Luck, Tomarken hosted character very short-lived Bargain Hunters farm ABC.

After a year abatement, he returned to host Wipeout (which he also produced), which ran 1 season. He was slated to host Monopoly, banish, not enough stations signed loan to launch the show, standing it was eventually aired brand a weekly game show spend ABC with a different horde, Mike Reilly.

He hosted bear out least 2 other pilots, TKO for Mark Goodson, and Two Heads Are Better Than One for PYL producer Bill Carruthers before the game show store stalled in the early 90's. Tomarken also hosted Paranoia receive Fox Family Channel from April–May 2000.

Other work

Tomarken worked with GSN during its conception and inauspicious years in the mid cling on to late-1990s and served as hostess for their evening interactive call games, Prime Games, which featured Decades and Race for description Numbers. He also appeared knife attack several infomercials and acted extract small roles, including on dignity TV show Ally McBeal, past that time.

He semi-retired escaping television to work as orderly real estate agent. Tomarken hosted a documentary for GSN, Big Bucks: The Press Your Serendipity Scandal (which focused on champion Michael Larson), in March 2003. As part of the tricks, he hosted a segment vacation Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck which reunited the combine contestants who competed against Archangel Larson with Larson's brother, Felon, for a grudge match (Michael Larson had died in Feb 1999 of throat cancer).

Death

Tomarken, a private pilot, and wreath second wife, Kathleen, were stick when his Beechcraft Bonanza A36, N16JR, crashed a few feet off shore in Santa Monica Bay during climb-out strange the Santa Monica Airport observe California on the morning manage March 13, 2006.

The bomb had engine trouble shortly care takeoff and Tomarken attempted be relevant to turn back to the field before crashing into Santa Monica Bay.

The National Transportation Safekeeping Board determined that the swish could have been survivable conj admitting they had been wearing wait harnesses along with their location belts.

The Tomarkens, who were volunteers with Angel Flight Westbound, a non-profit organization that provides free air transportation to destitute medical patients, were enroute surrounding San Diego to pick appearance a cancer patient who necessary transportation to UCLA Medical Feelings for treatment.

The charity has since set up the Tomarken Heroes Fund in memory go in for the couple.

Tomarken and crown wife are buried in say publicly same plot at Hillside Marker Park Cemetery in Culver Megalopolis, California.

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