Ken Ober of MTV’s ‘Remote Control’ dies at 52

1987 game show ushered in original, non-music-video programming

Peter Kramer / Getty Images file	Ken Ober attends the Comedy Central Election Night Party on Nov. 2, 2004, in New York. View related photos

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By Whitney Pastorek

updated 9:30 a.m. ET Nov. 18, 2009

The New York Times is reporting that comedian Ken Ober, best known as the host of MTV’s “Remote Control,” died this weekend of unknown causes, although he had been complaining of flu-like symptoms. He was 52.

Ober began hosting “Remote Control” in 1987, marking MTV’s first foray into original, non-music-video programming.

He had more recently been a producer on Comedy Central’s “Mind of Mencia” and CBS sitcom “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”

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