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Richard Dawson Fell In Love with Contestant
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Richard Dawson Fell In Love with Contestant
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00:00In 1976, he started up his stint as the longtime host of Family Feud.
00:05All in all, he led the show for more than 2,300 episodes, but perhaps the most important
00:10episode of his life happened in 1981.
00:14That day, Gretchen Johnson was one of the contestants.
00:17Dawson reportedly fell in love with her from the moment he saw her.
00:20After the show was over, he tracked down her info and called her.
00:23She agreed to go on a date with him, which went great.
00:26Before long, they were living together and got married in 1991.
00:30They had a daughter together named Shannon.
00:32Despite meeting in the strangest of scenarios, Richard and Gretchen's marriage lasted.
00:36They were together until Richard passed away in 2012 of esophageal cancer.
00:41And between his two sons from his first marriage and Shannon, Richard and Gretchen were blessed
00:46with four grandkids.
00:47Reportedly, their blended family got along great, and Richard and Gretchen were able
00:51to spend a lot of time with both the kids and grandkids.