Geoff Edwards.

This is a follow-up to the post I delted yesterday. I had to wait until it was officially confirmed. But game show host Geoof Edwards is dead at 83.

He hosted "Jackpot," "Treasure Hunt," and other game shows in th '70's and 80's. I even remember seeing the 1974 iteration of "Jackpot," and being able to solve most of the riddles. RIP, Mr. Edwards. You'll be missed. :(

Geoff Edwards was considered for the host of "Family Feud" but he turned down the offer to host another game show titled "Shoot For The Stars" which had a short run in 1977 on NBC.

Jack Narz was also considered for the "Family Feud" host but Richard Dawson was hired. Dawson's contract as a regular panelist for "The Match Game" on CBS was expiring and he agreed to renew the contract provided that he would host an new Mark Goodson-Bill Todman game show in a future time.

Edwards worked as a news reporter for San Diego radio station KFMB and he had covered the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas. Edwards was in the parking garage of the Dallas police headquarters and witnessed Jack Ruby shooting Kennedy's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Edwards worked for several Southern California radio stations as a reporter and a personality and had acted in a few tv shows, notably "Petticoat Junction". He later worked for Salinas-Monterey, CA tv station KION/KCCN as a travel reporter.

Other game shows Edwards hosted included "Hollywood's Talking", "Play the Percentages", "Starcade", and the USA Network version of "Chain Reaction". He also hosted the California Lottery Big Spin game show for several seasons in the 1980s.

He's animatedly connected, to DePatie-Freleng Entereprises's bizarre 1972 "Saturday AM. Superstar Movie" series on ABC in 1972, the episode "Luv(sic)cast USA", as the DJ!