{"id":7690,"date":"2016-03-09T11:39:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T19:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=7690"},"modified":"2016-03-09T11:39:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T19:39:04","slug":"did-the-host-of-family-feud-marry-one-of-the-contestants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/03\/09\/did-the-host-of-family-feud-marry-one-of-the-contestants\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Host of Family Feud Marry One of the Contestants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/tv-legends-revealed-history\/\">here<\/a> to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">TV URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Richard Dawson married a contestant from the Family Feud. <\/p>\n<p>Richard Dawson was the original host of the very popular game show, the Family Feud, where two teams (each team consisting of five family members) would compete against each other based on their knowledge of what 100 Family Feud audience members would respond to different questions, such as &#8220;Name a U.S. President&#8221; or &#8220;Name something you save up for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/familyfeud.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B002WBYDG2&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a 1981 episode, there was a very special guest&#8230;Richard Dawson&#8217;s future wife!<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Yep, in 1991, Richard Dawson ended up marrying one of the contestants that he first met when she appeared as a contestant on the Family Feud ten years earlier!!<br \/>\nHere is the introduction of Gretchen&#8217;s family&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/feud0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/feud1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She is on the far right.<\/p>\n<p>Here she is when Richard kisses her for the first time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/feud2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and here she is when she plays for &#8220;Fast Money&#8221; at the end of the show (her family won the money)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/feud3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t that neat? <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fun way to meet your future in-laws, at the very least (even if they didn&#8217;t know that at the time)!<\/p>\n<p>Dawson and Gretchen (born Gretchen Johnson) remained married until he passed away in 2012 at the age of 79. They had a daughter together, Shannon Nicole Dawson, who was born in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: True<\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future installments! My e-mail address is bc&#114;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x69;&#x6e;&#64;l&#101;&#103;&#x65;&#x6e;&#x64;sre&#118;&#x65;&#x61;&#x6c;ed.&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: Richard Dawson married a contestant from the Family Feud. Richard Dawson was the original host of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MjBq-202","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3826,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/08\/18\/did-a-british-hidden-camera-show-accidentally-catch-a-man-in-a-compromising-position\/","url_meta":{"origin":7690,"position":0},"title":"Did a British Hidden Camera Show Accidentally Catch a Man in a Compromising Position?","date":"August 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. 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