MTV 'Remote Control' host Ober dies
Agent: 52-year-old had complained of headaches, flu-like symptoms
November 17, 2009, 12:06 p.m.
STAFF REPORT
Ken Ober, who hosted the 1980s MTV game show "Remote Control," has died at age 52, according to his agent.
Ober hosted five seasons of "Remote Control," a pop-culture quiz show that featured contestants strapped into easy chairs to answer questions from categories such as "Dead or Canadian?"
The show first aired in 1987 and helped launch the careers of comedians Adam Sandler, Denis Leary and Colin Quinn, who was the program's announcer.
Ober later produced the Comedy Central program "Mind of Mencia" and the CBS comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine."
Ober's agent, Lee Kernis, said Ober was found dead at his home in Santa Monica.
No cause of death was immediately known, but Kernis said Ober complained of headaches and flu-like symptoms on Saturday night.