Robin Leach

Robin Leach
Robin Leach from Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Born	Robin Douglas Leach (1941-08-29) 29 August 1941 (age 75) Perivale, London, England, United Kingdom
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Occupation	Television personality, entertainment reporter, writer, columnist
Years active	1982–present

Robin Douglas Leach (born 29 August 1941) is an English entertainment reporter and writer, best known for hosting his first show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, from 1984 to 1995, which focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic details. His voice is often parodied by other actors with his signature phrase, "champagne wishes and caviar dreams." During the final season, he was assisted by Shari Belafonte, and the show was renamed, Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte. He resides in Las Vegas.

Leach was born in Perivale. During grammar school at Harrow High School, 10 miles (16 km) from London, he edited a school magazine, The Gayton Times, at age 14. At age 15 he became a general news reporter for the Harrow Observer and started a monthly glossy town magazine at age 17.

Leach moved on to the Daily Mail as Britain's youngest "Page One" reporter, at age 18. In 1963, he emigrated to America and wrote for a number of publications (New York Daily News, People, Ladies Home Journal etc.) before launching GO Magazine and then was show business editor of The Star.

Other television work includes reporting for People Tonight, on CNN and Entertainment Tonight and helping start Good Morning Australia, as well as the Food Network. Leach was also a guest at the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania IV, where he read the rules for the championship tournament. In 1993, for the Fox network, Leach hosted an exposé documentary of Madonna titled "Madonna Xposed." The documentary was a biography of Madonna focusing on her career and publicity stunts. Before the documentary aired, he gave Madonna a cell phone number; he claimed that at any point during the airing Madonna could call Leach and argue any point. Madonna never called and the documentary continued without incident. He also hosted Lifestyles spinoff Fame, Fortune and Romance, along with future Today Show host Matt Lauer.