Its success made Dawson television's highest-paid game show host, his son said.

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Richard Hatch won last year's Survivor series on CBS and parlayed his celebrity into a book deal, a radio gig and, possibly, a job as a TV game show host.

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Dawson became a regular on the game shows "Match Game" and "Match Game PM, " and was hired to host his first game show, "Masquerade Party, " his son said.

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