Robin Leach

Acting

Robin Leach

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Aug 29, 1941 (83 years old)
Death date
Aug 24, 2018

Robin Leach

Known For

Davi's Way
1h 26m
Movie 2018

Davi's Way

Actor/singer Robert Davi gives himself one year to recreate Frank...

Spring Broke
1h 18m
Movie 2016

Spring Broke

Documentary charting the raucous history of the infamous spring vacation...

The Ridiculous 6
1h 59m
Movie 2015

The Ridiculous 6

When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn...

The Making of Trump
1h 26m
Movie 2015

The Making of Trump

As every day of Donald Trump's presidential campaign seemingly generates...

The Surreal Life: Fame Games
1h 0m
TV Show 2007

The Surreal Life: Fame Games

The Surreal Life: Fame Games is a reality television series...

Thriller Zone
1h 30m
Movie 1995

Thriller Zone

There are three unrelated, unconnected segments in this horror anthology....

The Real Story of Rain Rain Go Away
0h 24m
Movie 1990

The Real Story of Rain Rain Go Away

Meet Prince Vince. He's hip! He's Hop! He's the man...

Troop Beverly Hills
1h 45m
Movie 1989

Troop Beverly Hills

A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce...

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts
0h 44m
Movie 1988

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts

It’s sun, sea and sand celebrity style from exotic cities...

Rickles... On the Loose
1h 0m
Movie 1986

Rickles... On the Loose

Special featuring Don Rickles in his live comedy act at...

Biography

Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was a British entertainment reporter, writer, columnist and TV personality. After beginning his career as a print journalist, first in England and then in the United States, he became best known for hosting the television series Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous from 1984 to 1995. The show focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic details. At age 15 he became a general news reporter for the Harrow Observer, and earned £6 a week after graduation. Leach moved on to the Daily Mail as Britain's youngest "Page One" reporter at age 18. In 1963, he emigrated to the United States, though he maintained his English accent throughout his life (which would become a trademark of his when he began working in television years later). He wrote for several American newspapers, including New York Daily News, People and Ladies' Home Journal, before launching GO Magazine in 1967[3] and then became show business editor of The Star. Leach got his start in television as a regular contributor to AM Los Angeles, with Regis Philbin and Sarah Purcell on KABC-TV. Other television work included reporting for People Tonight, on CNN and Entertainment Tonight and helping start Good Morning Australia, as well as the Food Network. Leach was also a guest at the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania IV, where he read the rules for the championship tournament. Leach hosted an exposé documentary of Madonna – Madonna Exposed – for the Fox network in March 1993. He also hosted the Lifestyles spinoffs Runaway with the Rich and Famous and Fame, Fortune and Romance, along with future Today Show host Matt Lauer. He also served as the public address announcer for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. From 1999, he resided in Las Vegas. He wrote for the Las Vegas Sun and the daily VegasDeluxe.com website from 2008 through June 2016, when he was hired by Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Review-Journal. On 20 November 2017, Leach had a stroke while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas. He had another stroke on 20 August 2018, and died under hospice care in Las Vegas on 24 August, at the age of 76.