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Was Richard Dawson responsible for his death?


Of course I'm not saying Dawson is guilty of any crime. But it does appear that Dawson's return to "Family Feud" is what led to Comb's suicide.

On June 2, 1996, police arrived at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. The sight that greeted them was a man hanging dead in a closet from a noose made from bedsheets. Of course, while the reasons behind suicides are, tragically, often unknown, the identity of the dead man was not. It was Ray Combs.

Ray Combs’ Downfall

It was decided that Combs would be fired from the show in 1993 to make way for the return of the original host of the show, Richard Dawson. The show was in a tailspin, with many stations dropping it from their schedules. The hope was that Dawson’s popularity could reverse the decline.

Combs filmed his final episode in 1994. He left with a revealing joke after a contestant failed to get any points in the final round. “Thought I was a loser till you walked up here,” he said to the contestant, “and you made me feel like a man.” As soon as shooting wrapped, he walked off the set and drove home without even a goodbye, leaving the contestants celebrating on stage without him.

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WOW...I DID NOT KNOW THAT....THAT'S FUCKED UP...I ALWAYS PREFERRED COMBS AS A KID.

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I agree. Combs was better than Dawson. But Combs was an idiot to kill himself. He had more money and fame and opportunity than most people. Some of us actually have real jobs.

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I NEVER UNDERSTAND SUICIDES...I AM NO RICH MAN...I HAVE MANY PROBLEMS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE...BUT MY WORST DAY IS STILL BETTER THAN BEING FUCKING DEAD.

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Agreed. What loser idiot would rather be dead?

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Dawson isn't responsible for it; however, his return to the show clearly influenced Combs' decision to take his own life.

As a kid, I liked Combs as the host of the show.

I remember when I first heard the host of Family Feud killed himself, I thought they were talking about Dawson and didn't realize it was Combs until a few years later.

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I think Dawson was too full of himself to kill himself. Too bad Combs didn't have a little more of that type of ego.

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