Loren Ruch, head of content for HGTV and host of ‘HGTV House Party,’ has died at the age of 55. According to TMZ, Ruch’s death comes following a battle with pneumonia.

Loren Ruch, head of content for HGTV and co-host of "HGTV House Party," died Thursday of acute myeloid leukemia. He was 55. “Loren was the rare leader who lifted everyone around him,” Channing Dungey,

HGTV programming boss Loren Ruch has passed away at the age of 55. Ruch, who head of content at the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable network, had been battling acute myeloid leukemia.