RIP brother." Woolery was best known for hosting the dating show Love Connection from 1983 to 1994, and he was also the original host of Wheel of Fortune. Born Charles Herbert Woolery in Ashland ...

Charles Herbert Woolery was born in 1941 in Ashland, Kentucky, to Dan and Katherine Woolery. He attended the University of Kentucky for a brief period before dropping out to serve in the US Navy.