Entertainment Icon and Former WSOP Commentator Dick Van Patten Passes Away

Dick Van Patten w/ son VinceOn Tuesday, June 23, entertainment icon Dick Van Patten, 86, passed away at Saint John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California due to complications from diabetes. Van Patten's résumé in the entertainment world is legendary – from starring in Eight is Enough, Love Boat, and countless other film and television projects – but he also had an impact in the poker world.

From 1993-95, Van Patten served as commentator for the World Series of Poker, and was also known to dabble in the game from time to time. For instance, in 2006 he was a part of the World Poker Tour's Father and Sons Invitational alongside the youngest of his three sons, Vince Van Patten, who happens to be…