A Tribute Essay on the Late Rod Roddy, Announcer from the Price is Right. Originally Written for My School Paper.

Will the Price ever be Right again? By Daniel Noble Gazette Staff In my humble opinion, the success of The Price is Right is due in no small part to three magic ingredients: The Sleaze, The Cheese and The Goofball. And, on Oct. 28, the goofball died. In any other life, he might have been a crazy uncle, a used car dealer or even an MIT student, but in this wacky, mixed-up world we live in, …

…Come on Down" to a beautiful lady, without getting slapped in the face. Every time a delightfully frumpy middle-aged woman guesses the price of a new car, we'll be thinking about you Rod Roddy, playing that big game of Plinko in the sky. Robert Ray Roddy passed away at the age of 66, suffering from colon and breast cancer. After spending 17 years as the booming voice on The Price is Right, he will be sorely missed.