Robert Synes; TV Game Show Producer
Robert Synes, producer of such syndicated television game shows and specials as “Fun House,” “Top Dollar,” “Double Exposure” and “The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime,” died Sunday of liver cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was 58.
He began in TV as a writer in the late 1940s for the “Tex and Jinx” show, which starred Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg, and remained active in the field with “Fractured Phrases,” “The People’s Choice Award,” “Command Performance” and others.
Survivors include his mother, Anne, his longtime companion, Gregg Sheldon, and two sisters.
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