A Look at Pat Sajak & Vanna White’s Lives Outside of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ (PHOTOS)
When it comes to Wheel of Fortune‘s Pat Sajak and Vanna White, fans know them well for their hosting abilities, but there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to this duo.
Below, take a walk down memory lane with Pat and Vanna as we pull the curtain back on old photos from ranging from their childhoods to family life amid their game show run.
This is an excerpt from TV Guide Magazine’s Wheel of Fortune: Farewell, Pat Sajak issue. For more inside scoop on the long-running game show and Pat’s final episode, pick up a copy of the issue available on newsstands and for order online at WheelofFortuneMag.com.
In his 1964 high school yearbook, the senior listed “radio announcer” as his ambition
Maggie posted this adorable shot in 2023 and thanked her dad for “leading me through life”
Father and son Patrick attended a 2012 NHL game in Philadelphia
Pat Sajak, his wife Lesley, daughter Maggie, and son Patrick looked relaxed and happy at the Radio movie premiere in October 2003
“My big brother officially became a doctor today,” Maggie posted when Patrick graduated from med school in 2021
Lesly was by Pat’s side when he received his Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 1994
The Sajaks walked the red carpet at the 2011 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles
Maggie, Pat and Lesly celebrated Wheel’s 35th anniversary in New York City in 2017
“Enjoying a little California sun,” Sajak joked on Twitter with this mid-2010s photo
The Whites in 1961: Dad Herbert, Vanna, mom Joan and brother Chip
White smiles in a sixth grade photo when she was 11 years old
In ninth grade, she attended South Carolina’s North Myrtle Beach High School
The future star appeared on The Price Is Right in 1980, the year after she moved to Los Angeles
White auditioned for Wheel of Fortune in 1982 when she was 25
Prom nights! Daughter Gigi in 2015 and White in 1975. “What a difference 40 years makes,” White posted
White with baby son Nikko in 1994 and on his 21st birthday in 2015
White with her family: boyfriend John Donaldson, Gigi and Nikko in 2018
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