Bill Rafferty dies of congestive heart failure at 68

Earlier in my summer vacation, there was a death in the game show family when original Family Feud host Richard Dawson died in June at 79 years old. Now we have another death in the game show family as Bill Rafferty died today of congestive heart failure at 68 years old. Rafferty hosted Every Second Counts, which lasted one season from 1984 to '85, the syndicated 1986 series of Card Sharks, and the 1987 revival of Blockbusters. Rich Jeffries, who announced on the '87 revival of Blockbusters with Rafferty as host, died of pulmonary fibrosis at the end of March at 73 years old.