Jay Wolpert, who was the original producer of The Price Is Right in the 1970s, created other game show and later scripted The Count of Monte Cristo and Disney’s first Pirates of the Caribbean film, died Monday of Alzheimer’s in Los Angeles.
He was 78.Wolpert’s reps at Code Entertainment confirmed his death today. Watch a WGA West video interview with him below.Wolpert won a Jeopardy!
championship in the late 1960s, an experience that steered him toward a career in TV game shows. Working for Goodman-Todman Productions, he became the first producer of the Bob Barker-hosted Price Is Right, which premiered in 1972.
He remained in that role until 1978.In 1976, Wolpert created Double Dare, another Goodman-Todson game show originally hosted by
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