Pat Sajak (pronounced /ˈseɪdʒæk/), born Patrick Leonard Sajdak on October 26, 1946, is a television personality, former weatherman and a former talk show host, best known as the host of the American television game show, Wheel of Fortune.
Sajak, son of a Polish American trucking foreman, was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Joyce, remarried to Walter Backal. During his youth, he attended Goethe Elementary School, as well as Gary ...
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Pat Sajak (pronounced /ˈseɪdʒæk/), born Patrick Leonard Sajdak on October 26, 1946, is a television personality, former weatherman and a former talk show host, best known as the host of the American television game show, Wheel of Fortune.
Sajak, son of a Polish American trucking foreman, was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Joyce, remarried to Walter Backal. During his youth, he attended Goethe Elementary School, as well as Gary Elementary School. He graduated from Farragut High School in 1964 and then went on to Columbia College Chicago while working as a desk clerk at the Palmer House hotel.
Sajak won a contest on WLS radio's Dick Biondi Show to be a guest "teen deejay". While at Columbia College Chicago, his broadcasting instructor Al Parker told him that a local radio station (WEDC) was looking for a newsman. Sajak applied for the job and was hired to work from midnight to 6:00 AM. In 1968, Sajak joined the U.S. Army, and was sent to Vietnam, where he deejayed on...
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