Bill Wendell
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Bill Wendell (Born: 22 March 1924- Died: 14 April 1999) was an NBC staff announcer for almost his entire professional career.
Mr. Wendell was the announcer for a number of NBC's game shows, and announced the syndicated version of To Tell The Truth from 1972 through 1978, succeeding Johnny Olson, who left for CBS' then-new version of the The New Price Is Right in the summer of 1972.
His most notable stint on television, was as the regular announcer for NBC's Late Night with David Letterman, which he did from 1982 until the show left NBC in 1993. He moved with Letterman to CBS in 1993, where he was the announcer on The Late Show with David Letterman. His final show was on Friday, August 18, 1995 when he retired. Alan Kalter succeeded him as announcer on Monday, September 4, 1995, after the show took a two week hiatus.
He died from cancer in 1999 at the age of 75.
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