Iconic TV host Richard Dawson dies FILE - In this June 25, 1980 file photo, as host Richard Dawson, center, watches, Dallas Cowboys runnin...

Iconic TV host Richard Dawson dies

FILE - In this June 25, 1980 file photo, as host Richard Dawson, center, watches, Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett, right, grimaces and Cowboys cheerleader Suzette Scholz-Derrick waves happily after Suzette beat Dorsett with a correct answer during taping of the "Family Feud" game show at ABC television studios in Los Angeles. Five Cowboys footballers meet five Cowboys cheerleaders for week of competition on the popular daytime game show. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 1982 file photo provided by NBC-TV, "Family Feud" host Richard Dawson, center, gives President Reagan, played by "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson, a chance at the big money as Queen Elizabeth (Rose Carr) readies herself at the buzzer during "International Family Feud" sketch on the show in Burbank, Calif. The "feud" pitted the Reagans against the Windsor family. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo/NBC-TV, File) less FILE - In this June 25, 1980 file photo, as host Richard Dawson, center, watches, Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett, right, grimaces and Cowboys cheerleader Suzette Scholz-Derrick waves happily after Suzette beat Dorsett with a correct answer during taping of the "Family Feud" game show at ABC television studios in Los Angeles. Five Cowboys footballers meet five Cowboys cheerleaders for week of competition on the popular daytime game show. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen, File) less FILE - This June 1978 file photo shows Richard Dawson, host of "Family Feud" in character. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this May 8, 1978 file photo, Richard Dawson, foreground, is in his familiar role as host of "Family Feud" when the casts of ABC's comedy series "Eight is Enough," "The Love Boat," "Soap," and "Three's Company" compete to benefit charity. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 1982 file photo provided by NBC-TV, "Family Feud" host Richard Dawson, center, gives President Reagan, played by "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson, a chance at the big money as Queen Elizabeth (Rose Carr) readies herself at the buzzer during "International Family Feud" sketch on the show in Burbank, Calif. The "feud" pitted the Reagans against the Windsor family. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo/NBC-TV, File) less FILE - In this June 25, 1980 file photo, as host Richard Dawson, center, watches, Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett, right, grimaces and Cowboys cheerleader Suzette Scholz-Derrick waves happily after Suzette beat Dorsett with a correct answer during taping of the "Family Feud" game show at ABC television studios in Los Angeles. Five Cowboys footballers meet five Cowboys cheerleaders for week of competition on the popular daytime game show. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen, File) less FILE - This June 1978 file photo shows Richard Dawson, host of "Family Feud" in character. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo, File) FILE - This June 1978 file photo shows Richard Dawson, host of "Family Feud" in character. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this May 8, 1978 file photo, Richard Dawson, foreground, is in his familiar role as host of "Family Feud" when the casts of ABC's comedy series "Eight is Enough," "The Love Boat," "Soap," and "Three's Company" compete to benefit charity. Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" died Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo, File) less Actor and television game show host Richard Dawson (R) is seen in this undated handout photo supplied by the Game Show Network (GSN) on June 3, 2012. REUTERS/GSN/Handout

Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has died. He was 79. (AP)