Richard Dawson was an English-born American actor, comedian, game show panelist and host in America. He died yesterday from complications of esophageal cancer.
He was best known for his role as Corporal Peter Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes, being the original host of the Family Feud game show from 1976–1985 and 1994–1995, and for being a regular panelist on the 1970s version of Match Game on CBS from 1973 to 1978. He was a regular on Laugh In, the New Dick Van Dyke Show, and I've Got A Secret.
Dawson parodied his TV persona in 1987 by co-starring alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the action film The Running Man, in which he portrayed the evil, egotistical game-show host Damon Killian. (I swear this movie was the prototype for The Hunger Games trilogy.)