Patrick Joseph "Pat" Finn is the former host of several game shows. He is the owner of the production company Rubicon Entertainment. Finn's first national gig was hosting the 1990 remake of the classic Jack Barry show The Joker's Wild. In 1991, he became host of Shop 'til You Drop, the #1 rated cable game show in America at the time, where he remained for 8 years, and in 1999 he became the host of the California State Lottery's weekly game show, The Big Spin. Finn was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the first of five sons also born to William and Celia Mae Finn, who was a Sunday School teacher and a telephone operator. Finn attended James M. Coughlin High School, from which he graduated in 1974. Prior to entering national television, Finn was a local weatherman, first on WBRE in Wilkes-Barre, PA; WPXI in Pittsburgh, where he also served as an entertainment correspondent; KPNX in Phoenix; and KRON in San Francisco. In the mid-1980s, while in Phoenix, Finn also hosted Finn and Friends, a number one-rated local variety show that aired weeknights after the local news. 

July 24th, 1956 in Wilkes-Barre (Age 67)