Mike Darow (born Darow Myhowich; January 8, 1933 – December 7, 1996) was a

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-born television

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host. Darow is best known for hosting the 1968–1970

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run of '' Dream House'' in the United States, the 1985–1988 Canada-produced run of the Bob Stewart game show, ''

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'' (seen in the U.S. on the

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), and '' Club 6'' from 1960 to 1962. He also hosted the first season of the game show '' The $128,000 Question'', a syndicated revival of ''

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'', in 1976. Darow's announcing work included the

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'' (1969–1974) and sub-announcing duties in 1980 for the

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version of ''

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''. He also hosted the game show ''Bluff'' in 1976 and ''A Go Go '66'' in 1966. He also hosted the Canadian game show ''Going Places'' from 1973 to 1980. Darow also worked as an on-air disc jockey in the early 1960s in

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at radio station CHUM. While there, he sang on two novelty recordings made as promotions for the station. Along with other on-air personalities at CHUM, they recorded songs as The Chumingbird (play on words). One song as a solo artist was ''The Battle of Queenston Heights'' in 1959. He later hosted Toronto-based segments of the

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(photo of telethon)
as well as emceeing the annual ACT Telerama for CFRN in

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. Darow died on December 7, 1996, aged 63. He was laid to rest in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

References

External links

Mike Darow profile
at The CHUM Tribute site * 1933 births 1996 deaths Canadian game show hosts Canadian radio personalities Canadian emigrants to the United States {{US-tv-bio-stub