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,

Loren Ruch, the content chief at HGTV and host of its HGTV House Party, has died. He was 55. Ruch had been battling acute myeloid leukemia.