- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJames John Lange
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Jim Lange was born on August 15, 1932 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Captain 11 (1954) and Amazing Stories (1985). He was married to Nancy Fleming and Fay Marie Madigan. He died on February 25, 2014 in Mill Valley, California, USA.
- SpousesNancy Fleming(October 14, 1978 - February 25, 2014) (his death)Fay Marie Madigan(September 5, 1953 - October 1975) (divorced, 3 children)
- Closes the show with a different catchphrase.
- His glasses.
- At the end of every The Dating Game (1965) episode, he was blowing a kiss to the audience.
- Wife, Nancy Fleming, was Miss America 1961.
- Jim Lange's career as a disc jockey continued through the decades. He was a deejay before, during, and after his The Dating Game (1965) stint; and was one of the most popular DJs in the San Francisco Bay Area before retiring in 2005.
- Was the morning DJ at KABL FM 92.1 in the San Francisco Bay area.
- Jim Lange died on February 25, 2014, at age 81, 4 months later, radio disc jockey Casey Kasem, passed away in the same year, but was the age ahead of Lange. Kasem appeared on an episode of Lange's The Dating Game (1965), as a bachelor.
- Before he was a successful game show host, he worked a midday fixture on Gene Autry's flagship KMPC, when he chose to return to Frisco radio in Los Angeles, California.
- [commenting on why he enjoyed doing radio more than television] You don't have to worry about lighting directors and cameramen or script writers and all that. Good radio is still the most fun. It always will be. Plus, you don't have to wear makeup and you don't have to shave.
- I wouldn't even be considered for commercials because I was so identified with that one image.
- [About his job in San Francisco]: What brought me back actually was a job offer. I was trying for six years. (Laughs.) There was just nothing opening up in the Bay Area. Plus they kept renewing my contract down in L.A It finally worked out where something opened up at Magic 61. All my kids are up here, and all of Nancy's kids are up here, and it was just really painful to live down there, for that particular reason. So when the job opened up, we just jumped at it and came up here instantly.
- [About the very 1st game show he had hosted]: We were really the first reality show, paving the way for Howard Stern, Jerry Springer, 'Big Brother.'
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