Jack Narz Has Died at 85

Television announcer and game show host Jack Narz has died at 85 as the result of multiple strokes. Narz is most known for his longest running gig, that of host of the game show Concentration, which aired from 1973 through 1978. During the 1950's Narz had an extensive voice career in radio and television, and wound up hosting his own game show, Dotto, in 1958. The show, unfortunately enough, was discovered to have been rigged and was summarily cancelled.

Match Game: Now You See Jack Narz


In the 1960's, Narz hosted Dotto's replacement, Top Dollar, as well as guest hosting on The Price is Right (Then hosted by Bill Cullen), hosting a 13 week run on another game show, I'll Bet, and launched Beat the Clock prior to being replaced by that show's announcer, Gene Wood. While hosting Concentration, Narz also emceed "Now You See It" on CBS (1974-1975) and, during 1979-80, worked for a season as announcer and associate producer for the CBS revival of >Beat the Clock. Narz also was used as a sub-announcer for Gene Wood on the NBC version of "Card Sharks".

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Jack Narz was also the brother of Tom Kennedy (Stage Name) who also hosted numerous shows:

Beat the Clock (With Narz and Kennedy)