1. James John Lange was an American game show host and disc jockey.
12 Facts About Jim Lange
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Jim Lange was known to listeners in the San Francisco and Los Angeles radio markets with stints at several stations in both markets, racking up over 45 years on the air.
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Jim Lange was known to television viewers as the host of several game shows, including The Dating Game.
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Jim Lange began his radio broadcasting career in the Twin Cities after winning an audition as a teenager, later appearing as kids show host "Captain 11" on WMIN-TV.
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Jim Lange graduated from Saint Thomas Academy, going on to the University of Minnesota on a scholarship from the Evans Scholars Foundation.
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Jim Lange appeared as a celebrity player on Scrabble during their 1988 "Game Show Host Week", and on Hollywood Squares for their "Game Show Week" in December 2002.
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Jim Lange was introduced to Los Angeles local audiences on KMPC in 1970, in order to limit his commute while taping The Dating Game.
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Jim Lange then returned to KMPC, where he did mornings and afternoons until the end of the decade.
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Jim Lange eventually accepted an offer to broadcast weekday mornings on "Magic 61," by then owned by real estate magnate Peter Bedford.
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In 1997, Jim Lange became morning host of The Jim Lange Gang on KABL in San Francisco.
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Jim Lange appeared as himself in the critically acclaimed 2002 film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
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Jim Lange died of a heart attack at his home in Mill Valley, California on February 25,2014.