Bobby Rivers Dies: VH1 VJ, Food Network Host & Film Critic Was 70

Bobby Rivers, an entertainment reporter and television personality on the Food Network and VH1, has died. He was 70.
ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisn 12, shared the news about Rivers. The on-air host joined the station in 1979 “as the city’s first Black film critic on television.”
Rivers died on Tuesday, Dec. 26, with his sister, Betsy Rivers, confirming his death in a Facebook post, writing, “Bobby passed away last night and is no longer in any pain.”
He graduated from Marquette University in the 1970s and went on to be one of the VJs from VH1 in the 80s.
L-r: VH1 VJs Bobby Rivers, Rosie O’Donnell and Roger Rose in July 1988
Rivers also hosted a series of Food Network specials with a show titled Top 5.
“Sticky buns, deep-fried candy bars, TV dinners and $20,000 cakes. From quirky to outrageous, Top 5 pays homage through food to the Top 40 countdown shows each generation has grown to love,...
ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisn 12, shared the news about Rivers. The on-air host joined the station in 1979 “as the city’s first Black film critic on television.”
Rivers died on Tuesday, Dec. 26, with his sister, Betsy Rivers, confirming his death in a Facebook post, writing, “Bobby passed away last night and is no longer in any pain.”
He graduated from Marquette University in the 1970s and went on to be one of the VJs from VH1 in the 80s.
L-r: VH1 VJs Bobby Rivers, Rosie O’Donnell and Roger Rose in July 1988
Rivers also hosted a series of Food Network specials with a show titled Top 5.
“Sticky buns, deep-fried candy bars, TV dinners and $20,000 cakes. From quirky to outrageous, Top 5 pays homage through food to the Top 40 countdown shows each generation has grown to love,...
- 28/12/2023
- di Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
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