In Loving Memory Of: PETER TOMARKEN

12/07/1942 - 03/13/2006

Best Remembered For Hosting The Popular Game Show

"Press Your Luck" in the 1980's.

His Name Will Long Be Synonymous With The Words

"Big Bucks, No Whammys".

Tomarken, a private pilot, and his wife Kathleen were killed when his Beechcraft

Bonanza A36, N16JR[1], crashed a few hundred feet offshore in Santa Monica Bay

during climb-out from the Santa Monica Airport in California on the morning of

March 13, 2006.
The Los Angeles Times offers pictures of the aircraft and reported[2] that according

to the FAA, the aircraft had engine trouble shortly after takeoff and attempted to

turn back to the airport before crashing into the bay. A spokesman with

Angel Flight West, a nonprofit that provides free air transportation to needy

medical patients, says that Tomarken was an organization volunteer pilot.

He and his wife were flying to San Diego to pick up a passenger who needed treatment

at UCLA Medical Center.
FlightAware shows the flight map and tracking information[3] as well as the

radar track log[4] for the short flight.

Rest In Peace Peter, And Tell St. Peter We Said

No Whammys For You.