I just found out that Huell Howser, host of “California’s Gold” passed away last Sunday. His presence on PBS will be missed by his viewers.
Howser’s Production company mentions that “California’s Gold” is one of the longest running series about California ever produced. The success and popularity of the show helped to launch six additional series about life in California, including “Road Trip with Huell Howser, and “California’s Golden Parks”.
Huell Howser would go around to visit historical places, visit small family farms and business, state parks and other wonders found only in California. And every place he visited brought him much enthusiasm and joy. His style of hosting the show was very simple and genuine.
This is one of my favorite scene of a visit to avocado farm in southern California… and the avocado eating dog. And Heull said “their dog has the shiniest healthiest looking coat!”. That I know is from all the Vitamin E from the avocado.
Hopefully PBS continues to play his shows for future generations to enjoy and learn more about California’s Gold.
This is a nice statement on the Los Angeles PBS station in honor of Huell Howser:
“He elevated the simple joys and undiscovered nuggets of living in our great state. He made the magnificence and power of nature seem accessible by bringing it into our living rooms. Most importantly, he reminded us to find the magic and wonderment in our lives every day.”
Huell Howser is survived by one sister. Howser donated his “California’s Gold” episodes to Chapman University in Orange. The donation includes show episodes, papers and memorabilia related to the show.
Howser’s spokesperson, Ryan Morris said, “Huell was very serious about not having any tributes, any funerals, any memorials ,” Morris said. “He didn’t want to draw attention to himself.”
But you can’t help his fans from wanting to remember him and what “California’s Gold” meant to them.
9:57 pm on January 14th, 2013
He will be missed, I do like his style of showing and good thing that we could see the show clips on YouTube.