Robin Leach, the entertainment journalist best known for his work on TV’s Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, died early Friday morning. He was 76.
The cause of death wasn’t announced, but it was reported that Leach had been hospitalized since November, when he suffered a stroke in the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas.
Leach’s family issued a statement to the Review-Journal.
“Despite the past 10 months, what a beautiful life he had. Our Dad, Grandpa, Brother, Uncle and friend Robin Leach passed away peacefully last night at 1:50 a.m.,” the family said in a statement. “Everyone’s support and love over the past, almost one year, has been incredible and we are so grateful.”
Leach joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2016 as an entertainment columnist to beef up the newspaper’s celebrity and lifestyle coverage across all platforms. Before this, he worked on the syndicated TV show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, which ran from 1984 to 1995.
Here are some of his most famous interviews.
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