1. To bend; to inflect; as, to bow vines. 2. To bend the body in token of respect or civility; as, to bow the head. 3. To bend or incline towards, in condescension. Bow down thine ear to the poor. Eccles. 4. To depress; to crush; to subdue.
December 03, 1999|ELAINE WOO | TIMES STAFF WRITER. Gene Rayburn, the actor and veteran quiz show host best known for emceeing television's The Match Game, has died. He was 81. Rayburn died Monday at his home near Gloucester, Mass., of congestive heart failure, said his daughter, Lynne Rayburn.
Charles Nelson Reillyâs co-stars on The Match Game included Richard Dawson and host Gene Rayburnâ¦ Internet rumors about a movie titled Charles Nelson Reilly Wonât Die! are false â theyâre the result of a 2001 April Foolâs Day joke.