. . "Ray Combs"@en . "Raymond Neil \"Ray\" Combs, Jr. (April 3, 1956 \u2013 June 2, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, and host of the game show Family Feud on CBS and in syndication from 1988 to 1994 (he was later replaced by Richard Dawson in 1994). Following the cancellation of Feud, Combs attempted to get back into television with the short-lived Family Challenge on The Family Channel (then Fox Family, later ABC Family, now Freeform) in 1995 (he was then later proceeded by Michael Burger when the show was re-titled as The New Family Challenge in 1996), but his life had already taken a severe downturn including a divorce from his wife, Debbie Combs, a near-fatal car accident, financial problems, and severely hitting his head on the walls and damaging the inside of his house, which ultimately led to his suicide in 1996 where he fashioned a noose with his bed sheets and hung himself in the closet of his hospital room."@en . . "Raymond Neil \"Ray\" Combs, Jr. (April 3, 1956 \u2013 June 2, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, and host of the game show Family Feud on CBS and in syndication from 1988 to 1994 (he was later replaced by Richard Dawson in 1994). Following the cancellation of Feud, Combs attempted to get back into television with the short-lived Family Challenge on The Family Channel (then Fox Family, later ABC Family, now Freeform) in 1995 (he was then later proceeded by Michael Burger when the show was re-titled as The New Family Challenge in 1996), but his life had already taken a severe downturn including a divorce from his wife, Debbie Combs, a near-fatal car accident, financial problems, and severely hitting his head on the walls and damaging the inside of his house, which ultimately led to his suicide "@en . . . .