Robin Leach

Born in London on Aug. 29, 1941, Robin Douglas Leach knew he wanted to be a journalist when he was just 10 years old. As a student at Harrow County School for Boys, he began sending weekly dispatches about goings on there to the editor of the local newspaper, The Harrow Observer. The paper published the stories, and hired him after he graduated. He was 15. Later, he left to work at the Daily Mail, where he became the publication’s youngest Page One editor at age 18. He wrote for the New York Daily News, Ladies Home Journal and People magazine, authoring its first 11 cover stories. He also launched Go, a weekly pop-music magazine and became entertainment editor of The Star. He broke into television in 1980, joining CNN’s “People Tonight” show. He later helped start the syndicated pop culture TV show “Entertainment Tonight.” His big break came in 1984 with the debut of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” a program he created with the legendary television producer Al Masini. The success of “Lifestyles” helped Leach build connections with celebrity chefs, which he used to help start the Food Network. Leach moved to Las Vegas in 1999, and spent most of the last two decades chronicling star-studded events around town, most recently for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.