"Come on down!"

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

   The "Come on down!" guy from THE PRICE IS RIGHT tv game show has died.
   People have used the phrase before.  I've been telling women to "Come on 
down to my place, baby" for a long time.
   It remains to be seen if, in the great beyond, he'll "come on down" or 
"come on up" for his use of this catchphrase.
    
  
(NEW YORK TIMES)
Rod Roddy, Announcer on 'Price Is Right,' Dies at 66

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: October 29, 2003

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 (AP) — Rod Roddy, the flamboyantly dressed announcer on 
the game show "The Price Is Right" whose booming, jovial voice invited lucky 
audience members to "Come on down!" for nearly 20 years, died here on Monday. 
He was 66.

He had colon and breast cancer said his longtime agent, Don Pitts.

Mr. Roddy's announcing stints included "Love Connection" (1981-85) and "Press 
Your Luck" (1983-86), but "The Price is Right" earned him his greatest fame. 
"The Price is Right" remains one of television's most popular game shows.

Mr. Roddy, whose real name was Robert Ray Roddy, was born on Sept. 18, 1937, 
in Fort Worth, Tex., Mr. Pitts said.

He was a graduate of Texas Christian University and a popular disc jockey in 
Texas when he decided to expand his career in Hollywood, his agent said.

His versatility made him a popular voice-over artist for commercials in Los 
Angeles, Mr. Pitts said. He got his big break in television with the 1977-81 
satire "Soap."

Mr. Roddy taped his last show about two months ago.

He left no immediate survivors.