Remember the phrase "No Whammies!"?

A pretty well-known tv show host died yesterday along with his wife while on a medical charity mission. Peter Tomarken and his wife were headed from Santa Monica to UCLA to ferry a patient to San Diego. They worked for a charity that provided free air transportation to needy patients. When I saw the man's face, I knew he looked familiar but was unable to place the game show he hosted. The author of the article was kind enough to explain that Tomarken was best known for the show "Press Your Luck" where the contesants were known to yell "Big Bucks!" and "No Whammies!"

It's always sad when I read about fixtures from my childhood dying, but it's even sadder when the death occurs so tragically, and in this case during an altruistic mission.