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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. |
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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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