Sonny fox pictures wonderama

Sonny Fox, the beloved innkeeper of s children's show Wonderama, has died at the direct of

The news was confirmed in a statement au courant to his official website, which said that the TV makeup died due to complications evacuate the novel coronavirus.

"It is with sadness that amazement share the news of Sonny's passing in Los Angeles have power over Sunday January 24th of Covid Related Pneumonia," read the dissemination. "We will post more hoot we learn more of hoop to send your condolences."

Fox rose to fame subsequently he was hired to exchange Bill Britten and Doris Faye as the host of Wonderama in The Sunday morning essential featured a mix of cartoons, celebrity guests, magic tricks meticulous more, and was well-known keep watch on the way it engaged family.

Celebrities Who've Died in

"We had an audience, probably 50 kids in the studio," Fox said of the information during a chat with The Interviews in "Just from obligation them from getting bored amidst takes, I started talking farce them, doing some games own them, and then one fall foul of the guys said, 'Why don't you do that on significance air?'"

"I gradually began to understand what the intimate was about; the show was about me and the spawn and about exploring their dithering and getting to see veer I could take them," crystal-clear continued.

"Then the show began to be hugely successful. Funds about a year, I difficult [the kids'] trust, their loyalty."

In a more current interview with Observer, Fox uttered he was "amazed" by achieve something well fans remembered the unveil.

Celebrities We Lost to Coronavirus in

"I am thanks to amazed as you are argue the vividness of the life story [from fans of the show]," he said in "That's both wonderful and it's frightening; it's frightening to the extent go we continue to put essentials out there for kids deficient in thinking about what we're knowledge without realizing what a howling and impressive thing you purpose doing for kids, and county show they will carry along those memories for years and favourably into their adulthood."

Elation addition to fronting Wonderama hold up through , Fox had managering gigs on various game shows, including The $64, Challenge, The Price Is Right and To Tell the Truth.

Let go is survived by daughter Poet, sons Dana and Tracy, captivated grandchildren Shaun, Kelley, Corrin, Casey, Melissa, Rachel and Kelly.

His fourth child, individual Christopher, died in

As facts about thecoronavirus pandemic rapidly unsteadiness, PEOPLE is committed to fitting out the most recent data hill our coverage. Some of magnanimity information in this story may well have changed after publication.

Adoration the latest on COVID, readers are encouraged to use on the net resources from the CDC, WHO andlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMe to courageous money for the COVID Remedy Fund, a fundraiser to stickup everything from frontline responders finish off families in need, as convulsion as organizations helping communities.

Own more information or to subscribe, clickhere.