“Come on down!”... to retirement. The news is spreading that Bob Barker will be retiring from The Price is Right come June. Barker turns 83 years old in December and says, “I’ve decided to retire while I’m still young.” Barker has hosted the game show for 35 years, and has spent an amazing 50 years on television. While he’s considered retiring time and again during the last 10 years, this will be Barker’s final year. “I’ve gone on and on and on to this ancient age because I’ve enjoyed it,” he said. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it and I’m going to miss it.”

Barker cites the physical and mental rigors of the show as reasons for leaving, saying “I’m just reaching the age where the constant effort to be there and do the show physically is a lot for me. I might be able to do the show another year, but better (to leave) a year too soon than a year too late.”

Barker started in television in 1956, hosting the show Truth or Consequences. The Price is Right featured Barker as host on Sept. 4, 1972 and he has stuck with it for the long haul. Don’t worry though—he’ll still be spreading the word about getting pets spayed or neutered, working with animal-rights causes during his retirement.