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Eric Lieber Dies at 71
6-Jul-2008
Written by: Marshall Burns
Eric Lieber, producer of “Love Connection,” died at 71 of leukemia.
Eric Lieber, who helped produce Love Connection, the long-running dating show, has died at the age of 71. The producer died on Wednesday of leukemia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his wife Peggy told the Associated Press.
Lieber created the show, Love Connection, in 1983 after decades of producing other game shows and talk shows like Dick Cavett, Sammy Davis Jr. and Mike Douglas. “The show, hosted by Chuck Woolery, aired until 1995. He was also the producer of the reprise of the series in 1998-1999, which was hosted by Pat Bullard, according to AP.
Contestants of Love Connection watched videos of three prospective blind dates, chose one to go out with, and returned afterwards to tell of their date to the studio audience, reported AP. The show's success was attributed by Lieber to the real-life drama audiences got to observe.
“The show succeeds because we believe in honest emotions,” he told the Chicago Sun-Times in 1992, according to AP. “And admit it: We’re all a little voyeuristic and enjoy peeking into someone else’s life.” Leiber was born April 7, 1937, in Vienna, and came to the United States as a baby. He grew up in New Jersey and launched his TV career in New York City in the 1950s, according to AP.
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