1. Ralph Story was best known as the host of The $64,000 Challenge from 1956 to 1958, and as the writer and host of Ralph Story's Los Angeles from 1964 to 1970.
10 Facts About Ralph Story
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Ralph Story started his broadcasting career in the late 1940s, after serving as a United States Army Air Forces flight instructor and P-51 fighter pilot during World War II.
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Ralph Story later moved into network television, where, in 1956, he began hosting the hugely popular game show, The $64,000 Challenge.
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Ralph Story, who was not implicated in the scandal, returned to local broadcasting in 1960.
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Ralph Story returned to KNX, this time anchoring a news program and later joined The Big News, one of the nation's first hour-long local TV newscasts, on KNXT-TV.
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Wittily hosted by Ralph Story, the show examined interesting features, events and sites documenting the history and culture of Los Angeles.
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In 1985, Ralph Story retired and moved to Santa Barbara County's wine region, where he and his second wife, Diana, operated an art gallery in Los Olivos.
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In 1989, Ralph Story appeared in the television film, Ernest Goes to Splash Mountain which was shot in Disneyland.
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Ralph Story volunteered for numerous civic groups, serving as a fundraiser for public television stations, narrator for the Hollywood Bowl and judge of the Rose Parade.
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Ralph Story died on September 26,2006, in Santa Ynez, California from complications due to emphysema, and was survived by his wife and one son from his first marriage.