Robin Leach
Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was a British-American entertainment reporter and writer from London. After beginning his career as a print journalist, first in England and then in the United States, he became best known for hosting the television series Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous from 1984 to 1995. The show focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic details.
This article is about the British entertainment reporter. For the Kansas state legislator, see Robin Leach (Kansas politician).Early life[edit]
Leach was born in London, the son of Violet Victoria (Phillips) and Douglas Thomas Leach, a sales executive.[1] He attended Harrow County School for Boys, 10 miles (16 km) from London, where he edited a school magazine, The Gayton Times, at age 14. At age 15 he became a general news reporter for the Harrow Observer, and earned £6 a week after graduation.[2]
Personal life and death[edit]
Robin married Judith Desser in 1968, and they divorced in 1977. He had three sons—Steven, Gregg and Rick.[16]
On 20 November 2017, Leach had a stroke while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas. He had another stroke on 20 August 2018, and died under hospice care in Las Vegas on 24 August, at age 76.[16][17][18]