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Richard Dawson Hogan Hero headshot 1968
Dawson in Hogan's Heroes, 1963

Richard Dawson (20 November 1932 - 2 June 2012) was an Anglo-American actor and television presenter.

Dawson was born Colin Lionel Emm in Gosport, Hampshire to an American father and English mother. Dawson married Diana Dors in 1959; they lived in California. The couple had two sons, entertainment manager Mark (born 1960) and Gary (born 1962). She left him and in 1967 the couple divorced. His second marriage lasted from 1991 until his death from esopheageal cancer in Los Angeles, California.

Dawson played a prisoner of war in Hogan's Heroes and hosted Family Feud.

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  • Richard Dawson Family Feud 1976

    Richard Dawson (host) and contestants on the pilot episode of Family Feud

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