纽约-《幸运之轮》(Wheel of Fortune)、《爱情连接》(Love Connection)和《拼字游戏》(Scrabble)的游戏节目主持人查克·伍勒里(Chuck Woolery)和蔼可亲，说话圆滑，后来成为一名右翼播客，抨击自由主义者，指责政府在新冠肺炎问题上撒谎。他83岁了。
Woolery的播客主持人和朋友Mark Young在周日早些时候的一封电子邮件中说，Woolery在德克萨斯州的家中去世，他的妻子Kristen在场。“查克是一个亲爱的朋友和兄弟，也是一个非常有信仰的人，没有他，生活将会不同，”杨写道。
伍勒里有着日场偶像般的长相，梳着发髻，轻松幽默，他于2007年入选美国电视游戏节目《名人堂》，并于1978年获得日间艾美奖提名。
1983年，Woolery开始了长达11年的电视节目“爱情连接”的主持人生涯，他为此创造了一个短语，“我们将在两分钟零两秒后回来”，这是一个被称为“2和2”的两指签名1984年，他主持了电视节目“拼字游戏”，同时主持了两个电视游戏节目，直到1990年。
在约会应用出现之前很久播出的《爱情连接》(Love Connection)有一个前提，即单身男性或单身女性观看三个潜在伴侣的试听带，然后选择其中一个进行约会。
约会几周后，客人会和Woolery坐在演播室观众面前，告诉每个人关于约会的事情。观众将对三名参赛者进行投票，如果观众同意嘉宾的选择，“爱情连接”将提供第二次约会的费用。
Woolery在2003年告诉费城询问报，他最喜欢的一对爱情鸟是一对91岁的男人和一对87岁的女人。“她化了太多眼妆，看起来就像一辆偷来的克尔维特。他太老了，他说，“我记得货车队。”可怜的家伙。她带他去乘气球。"
其他职业生涯的亮点包括主持节目“行话”、“贪婪”和“查克·沃勒里秀”，以及主持1998年至2000年短暂的“约会游戏”的联合复兴和1991年命运多舛的脱口秀。1992年，他在电视“梅尔罗斯广场”的两集中扮演了自己
Woolery成为游戏节目网络首次尝试真人秀节目“Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned”的主题，该节目于2003年首播。它分享了Woolery和他的摇滚乐队“前卫”在1968年创作的流行歌曲的名称。它持续了六集，遭到了评论家的严厉批评。
Woolery在一个已经成为主流的节目中开始了他的电视生涯。尽管大多数人都把它与帕特·萨杰克和瓦娜·怀特联系在一起，但“幸运之轮”于1975年1月6日在NBC电视台首次亮相，伍尔利欢迎参赛者和观众。当时33岁的Woolery试图在纳什维尔成为一名歌手。
“幸运之轮”始于“购物集市”，融合了刽子手风格的谜题和轮盘赌。在Woolery出现在“梅夫·格里芬秀”演唱“德尔塔黎明”后，梅夫·格里芬请他和苏珊·斯塔福德一起主持这个新节目。
“我有一次长达15、20分钟的采访，”Woolery在2003年告诉《纽约时报》。“节目结束后，当梅尔夫问我是否想做一个游戏节目时，我想，‘太好了，一个穿着糟糕的夹克、留着同样糟糕的胡子的人，他不在乎你要说什么——这就是我想成为的人。’"
NBC最初通过了，但是他们把它改编成了“幸运之轮”,并且开了绿灯。几年后，伍勒里要求加薪到每年50万美元，或者像主持人彼得·马歇尔在《好莱坞广场》中所做的那样。格里芬犹豫了，用气象记者帕特·萨杰克替换了伍尔利。
“查克和苏西都做得很好，而《车轮》在NBC也做得很好，尽管它从未达到《危险边缘》的收视率格里芬在大卫·本德(David Bender)合著的2000年代自传《Merv:让美好生活持续下去》(Merv: Making the Good Life Last)中说。伍尔利作为主持人获得了艾美奖提名。
Woolery出生于肯塔基州的阿什兰，在上大学之前曾在美国海军服役。他在一个民间三重奏乐队中演奏低音提琴，然后在1967年组建了迷幻摇滚二重奏“前卫”,同时作为一名卡车司机来支持自己成为一名音乐家。
前卫乐队驾驶着一辆改装的凯迪拉克灵车，凭借Woolery演唱的“Naturally Stoned”进入前40名，当我一个人想着你时，我会有一种良好的感觉/感觉我自然地飘飘欲仙。
前卫乐队解散后，Woolery于1969年发行了他的首张单曲《我错了》,并在20世纪70年代过渡到乡村音乐之前与哥伦比亚合作了几首单曲。他发行了两首单曲《原谅我的心》和《爱我吧，爱我吧》。
Woolery为自己和从帕特·布恩到塔米·威内特的所有人创作或合作创作歌曲。在wy nette 1971年的专辑“我们当然可以相爱，”Woolery写了“作为一个女人的快乐”，歌词包括“看到我们的宝宝在秋千上/听到她的笑声，听到她的尖叫。”
在他的电视生涯结束后，Woolery进入了播客领域。在接受《纽约时报》采访时，他称自己是枪支权利活动家，并将自己描述为保守的自由意志主义者和宪政主义者。他说他没有在自由的好莱坞公开自己的政治观点，因为害怕遭到报复。
2014年，他与马克·杨(Mark Young)合作制作了播客“钝力真相”(Blunt Force Truth)，并很快成为唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的全力支持者，同时辩称少数族裔不需要民权，并在推特上发布了一条将苏联共产党人与犹太教联系起来的反犹太主义评论，引发了一场轩然大波。
他说:“奥巴马总统的受欢迎程度只是他和他日益减少的喝果汁、抱焦虑狗、躲安全空间的雪花军团的幻想。”
Woolery在网上也很活跃，转发保守派简报的文章，坚持认为民主党人试图建立一个马克思主义系统，并传播诸如“弹劾他!乔·拜登的毁灭性照片泄露。”
在疫情的早期阶段，Woolery最初指责医疗专业人士和民主党人在病毒问题上撒谎，以损害经济和特朗普连任总统的机会。
“最令人发指的谎言是关于新冠肺炎的谎言。所有人都在撒谎。疾控中心，媒体，民主党人，我们的医生，不是所有，但大多数，我们被告知要相信。我认为这都是关于选举和阻止经济复苏，这是关于选举的。我受够了，”Woolery在2020年7月写道。
特朗普将这条微博转发给他的8300万粉丝。到月底，近450万美国人感染了新冠肺炎病毒，超过15万人死亡。
仅仅几天后，Woolery改变了立场，宣布他的儿子感染了新冠肺炎病毒。“为了进一步澄清和增加视角，新冠肺炎是真实的，它就在这里。我的儿子病毒检测呈阳性，我对那些遭受痛苦的人感到同情，尤其是那些失去亲人的人，”Woolery在他的账户被删除前发布道。
Woolery后来在他的播客上解释说，他从未称新冠肺炎为“一个骗局”或说“这不是真的”，只是说“我们被骗了”Woolery还表示，“很荣幸你们的总统转发了你们的想法，并认为这非常重要。”
杨说，除了他的妻子，伍勒里还有他的儿子迈克尔和肖恩以及他的女儿梅丽莎。
Chuck Woolery, original host of 'Wheel of Fortune,' dies at 83
NEW YORK --Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble” who later became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19, has died. He was 83.
Mark Young, Woolery's podcast co-host and friend, said in an email early Sunday that Woolery died at his home in Texas with his wife, Kristen, present. “Chuck was a dear friend and brother and a tremendous man of faith, life will not be the same without him,” Young wrote.
Woolery, with his matinee idol looks, coiffed hair and ease with witty banter, was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007 and earned a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978.
In 1983, Woolery began an 11-year run as host of TV’s “Love Connection,” for which he coined the phrase, “We’ll be back in two minutes and two seconds,” a two-fingered signature dubbed the “2 and 2.” In 1984, he hosted TV’s “Scrabble,” simultaneously hosting two game shows on TV until 1990.
“Love Connection,” which aired long before the dawn of dating apps, had a premise that featured either a single man or single woman who would watch audition tapes of three potential mates and then pick one for a date.
A couple of weeks after the date, the guest would sit with Woolery in front of a studio audience and tell everybody about the date. The audience would vote on the three contestants, and if the audience agreed with the guest’s choice, “Love Connection” would offer to pay for a second date.
Woolery told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2003 that his favorite set of lovebirds was a man aged 91 and a woman aged 87. "She had so much eye makeup on, she looked like a stolen Corvette. He was so old he said, ‘I remember wagon trains.’ The poor guy. She took him on a balloon ride.”
Other career highlights included hosting the shows “Lingo," “Greed” and “The Chuck Woolery Show,” as well as hosting the short-lived syndicated revival of “The Dating Game” from 1998 to 2000 and an ill-fated 1991 talk show. In 1992, he played himself in two episodes of TV’s “Melrose Place.”
Woolery became the subject of the Game Show Network’s first attempt at a reality show, “Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned,” which premiered in 2003. It shared the title of the pop song in 1968 by Woolery and his rock group, the Avant-Garde. It lasted six episode and was panned by critics.
Woolery began his TV career at a show that has become a mainstay. Although most associated with Pat Sajak and Vanna White, “Wheel of Fortune” debuted Jan. 6, 1975, on NBC with Woolery welcoming contestants and the audience. Woolery, then 33, was trying to make it in Nashville as a singer.
“Wheel of Fortune” started life as “Shopper’s Bazaar,” incorporating Hangman-style puzzles and a roulette wheel. After Woolery appeared on “The Merv Griffin Show” singing “Delta Dawn,” Merv Griffin asked him to host the new show with Susan Stafford.
“I had an interview that stretched to 15, 20 minutes,” Woolery told The New York Times in 2003. “After the show, when Merv asked if I wanted to do a game show, I thought, ‘Great, a guy with a bad jacket and an equally bad mustache who doesn’t care what you have to say — that’s the guy I want to be.’”
NBC initially passed, but they retooled it as “Wheel of Fortune” and got the green light. After a few years, Woolery demanded a raise to $500,000 a year, or what host Peter Marshall was making on “Hollywood Squares.” Griffin balked and replaced Woolery with weather reporter Pat Sajak.
“Both Chuck and Susie did a fine job, and ‘Wheel’ did well enough on NBC, although it never approached the kind of ratings success that ‘Jeopardy!’ achieved in its heyday,” Griffin said in “Merv: Making the Good Life Last,” an autobiography from the 2000s co-written by David Bender. Woolery earned an Emmy nod as host.
Born in Ashland, Kentucky, Woolery served in the U.S. Navy before attending college. He played double bass in a folk trio, then formed the psychedelic rock duo The Avant-Garde in 1967 while working as a truck driver to support himself as a musician.
The Avant-Garde, which tourbed in a refitted Cadillac hearse, had the Top 40 hit “Naturally Stoned,” with Woolery singing, “When I put my mind on you alone/I can get a good sensation/Feel like I’m naturally stoned.”
After The Avant-Garde broke up, Woolery released his debut solo single “I’ve Been Wrong” in 1969 and several more singles with Columbia before transitioning to country music by the 1970s. He released two solo singles, “Forgive My Heart” and “Love Me, Love Me.”
Woolery wrote or co-wrote songs for himself and everyone from Pat Boone to Tammy Wynette. On Wynette’s 1971 album “We Sure Can Love Each Other,” Woolery wrote “The Joys of Being a Woman” with lyrics including “See our baby on the swing/Hear her laugh, hear her scream.”
After his TV career ended, Woolery went into podcasting. In an interview with The New York Times, he called himself a gun-rights activist and described himself as a conservative libertarian and constitutionalist. He said he hadn’t revealed his politics in liberal Hollywood for fear of retribution.
He teamed up with Mark Young in 2014 for the podcast “Blunt Force Truth” and soon became a full supporter of Donald Trump while arguing minorities don’t need civil rights and causing a firestorm by tweeting an antisemitic comment linking Soviet Communists to Judaism.
“President Obama’s popularity is a fantasy only held by him and his dwindling legion of juice-box-drinking, anxiety-dog-hugging, safe-space-hiding snowflakes,” he said.
Woolery also was active online, retweeting articles from Conservative Brief, insisting Democrats were trying to install a system of Marxism and spreading headlines such as “Impeach him! Devastating photo of Joe Biden leaks.”
During the early stages of the pandemic, Woolery initially accused medical professionals and Democrats of lying about the virus in an effort to hurt the economy and Trump’s chances for reelection to the presidency.
“The most outrageous lies are the ones about COVID-19. Everyone is lying. The CDC, media, Democrats, our doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust. I think it’s all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I’m sick of it,” Woolery wrote in July 2020.
Trump retweeted that post to his 83 million followers. By the end of the month, nearly 4.5 million Americans had been infected with COVID-19 and more than 150,000 had died.
Just days later, Woolery changed his stance, announcing his son had contracted COVID-19. “To further clarify and add perspective, COVID-19 is real and it is here. My son tested positive for the virus, and I feel for of those suffering and especially for those who have lost loved ones,” Woolery posted before his account was deleted.
Woolery later explained on his podcast that he never called COVID-19 “a hoax” or said “it’s not real,” just that “we’ve been lied to.” Woolery also said it was “an honor to have your president retweet what your thoughts are and think it’s important enough to do that.”
In addition to his wife, Woolery is survived by his sons Michael and Sean and his daughter Melissa, Young said.
