Overview
- Barbour died of natural causes at his home in Las Vegas, his family said.
- He created, produced and co-hosted Real People on NBC from 1979 to 1985, profiling everyday Americans before a studio audience.
- The show’s flexible, comic feature style influenced later unscripted hits such as That’s Incredible! and America’s Funniest Home Videos.
- He won five Emmys, first at AM Los Angeles and later for his work as KNBC’s critic-at-large, where interviews with Muhammad Ali and Jane Fonda drew notice.
- His documentary The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes won best documentary at the 1992 San Sebastian Film Festival, and he released a 2017 sequel; survivors include his wife, Sarita, and their son, Christopher.