Kristin Bjorklund, best known for her work on the game show Family Feud, died on Sunday at the age of 67.
The Emmy winner and co-executive producer, who worked on the show for more than 40 years, passed away in Phoenix after battling sepsis following a kidney transplant.
Her Family Feud co-executive producer Brian Hawley shared a tribute to Bjorklund on his Instagram writing that she had been on the kidney transplant list “for years.”
‘We were all very excited for her; finally the moment she had been waiting for. Even though her transplant went as planned, she contracted an aggressive infection from the incision that she just couldn’t fight off,” she explained.
During her many years on the show, she collaborated with hosts Richard Dawson, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, and Steve Harvey.
Sad news: Kristin Bjorklund, best known for her work on the game show Family Feud, died on Sunday at the age of 67.
Health issues: The Emmy winner and co-executive producer, who worked on the show for more than 40 years, has passed away in Phoenix after battling sepsis following a kidney transplant.
Family Feud – She was a co-executive producer of Family Feud from 2003 to 2023 and Celebrity Family Feud from 2015 to 2020.
Bjorklund was born in Mineola, New York on July 8, 1955.
He began his career with game show production company Goodson-Todman Productions after graduating from Dartmouth College.
She then began working for Family Feud in 1982, beginning as a production assistant for the show and its spin-off All-Star Family Feud, and later as an associate producer.
She was a co-executive producer of Family Feud from 2003 to 2023 and Celebrity Family Feud from 2015 to 2020.
He received a Daytime Emmy Award in 2019 when Family Feud won for Outstanding Game Show.
Bjorklund also appeared in Classic Concentration, as well as Card Sharks and The Price Is Right.
He is survived by his nephew Erik Bjorklund and niece Annika Bjorklund.
Hawley began her moving tribute by writing: ‘Kristin Bjorklund was my co-worker, my friend, my sister from another gentleman. She might be feisty, strong-willed, and oh-so-anal, but she had a funny, raunchy sense of humor, and there was nothing better than hearing her laugh.’
Kidney transplant: Her Family Feud co-executive producer Brian Hawley shared a tribute to Bjorklund on his Instagram writing that she had been on the kidney transplant list ‘for years’
Infection: “Even though the transplant went as planned, she got an aggressive infection from the incision that she just couldn’t fight off,” he explained.
Collaborations: During her many years on the show, she collaborated with hosts Richard Dawson, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, and Steve Harvey (pictured right)
‘When my life was a mess or my house was falling apart, I called Kristin. Without Kristin’s friendship, my first few years working in Atlanta would not have been tolerable,” she added.
He went on to say, “We went out to dinner parties, explored the city, and she even went out to party at the gay bars with me from time to time.”
‘Although she had to work from home in recent years, she still kept me company over the phone here. We would text all day and then call each other on my long drive home a couple times a week just to make each other laugh.
“Last Thursday I debated whether to bother her because it had been a long day, but I’m so glad I decided to call. That would be our last conversation and I will always cherish it.
He then described his journey to get on the transplant list.
‘Kristin had been on the kidney transplant list for years and would end up getting the call to go the next morning. We texted while she was on her way, and as trivial as it was, she couldn’t help but instruct me on how to set up her quick money games when she got to work.
She later shared that her surgery went well, but she ended up getting an infection that she just couldn’t fight.
The Beginning: She began working for Family Feud in 1982, beginning as a production assistant for the show and its spin-off, All-Star Family Feud, and later as an associate producer; Family feud still from 1984
