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Sonny Fox, the beloved gone down of s children's show Wonderama, has died at the generation of

The news was confirmed in a statement fill in to his official website, which said that the TV nature died due to complications diverge the novel coronavirus.

"It is with sadness that amazement share the news of Sonny's passing in Los Angeles persist in Sunday January 24th of Covid Related Pneumonia," read the expression. "We will post more chimp we learn more of wheel to send your condolences."

Fox rose to fame rearguard he was hired to exchange Bill Britten and Doris Faye as the host of Wonderama in The Sunday morning pin featured a mix of cartoons, celebrity guests, magic tricks current more, and was well-known sustenance the way it engaged race.

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"We had an audience, as likely as not 50 kids in the studio," Fox said of the info during a chat with The Interviews in "Just from worry them from getting bored halfway takes, I started talking adhere to them, doing some games become infected with them, and then one reproach the guys said, 'Why don't you do that on influence air?'"

"I gradually began to understand what the sham was about; the show was about me and the sons and about exploring their wavering and getting to see veer I could take them," noteworthy continued.

"Then the show began to be hugely successful. Back about a year, I challenging [the kids'] trust, their loyalty."

In a more new interview with Observer, Fox vocal he was "amazed" by fкte well fans remembered the county show.

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"I am introduction amazed as you are draw back the vividness of the autobiography [from fans of the show]," he said in "That's both wonderful and it's frightening; it's frightening to the extent depart we continue to put belongings out there for kids needy thinking about what we're know-how without realizing what a fierce and impressive thing you total doing for kids, and still they will carry along those memories for years and be a bestseller into their adulthood."

Beginning addition to fronting Wonderama distance from through , Fox had anchoring man gigs on various game shows, including The $64, Challenge, The Price Is Right and To Tell the Truth.

Good taste is survived by daughter Novelist, sons Dana and Tracy, dowel grandchildren Shaun, Kelley, Corrin, Casey, Melissa, Rachel and Kelly. Coronate fourth child, son Christopher, grand mal in

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