Bill Rafferty

game show)">Every Second Counts (1984–1985, syndicated), Card Sharks (1986–87, syndication), and Blockbusters (1987, NBC).

Bill Rafferty
Born	William Rafferty (1944-06-17)June 17, 1944 Queens, New York, U.S.
Died	August 11, 2012(2012-08-11) (aged 68) San Rafael, California, U.S.
Other names	Bill Raftery
Occupation(s)	Comedian, game show host
Years active	1979–2012
Spouse	Regina Miletic ​ (m. 1968⁠–⁠2012)​ (his death)
Children	3

Rafferty was born in Queens, New York. He was the fourth and youngest child of Henry Rafferty, Sr., and Martha (Degnan) Rafferty.

Before his career in television, Rafferty was a military policeman in the United States Army. He was also a butcher in Bolinas, California.

His first national TV exposure was as a co-host on the NBC reality series Real People, which ran from 1979 to 1984. Originally, he was one of the five in-studio co-hosts before becoming a field correspondent ("roving reporter"), though he still made occasional studio appearances.

Rafferty also made guest appearances on episodes of Laugh-In in the late 1970s version of the show. Rafferty was the host of a television show on Retirement Living TV, called Retired and Wired, which debuted in October 2007.

Rafferty married Regina Miletic on May 25, 1968, in Queens, New York. Together they had three children. Rafferty died from congestive heart failure on the morning of August 11, 2012.

Film

Television