Editing Ray Combs (section)

==Personal life==
In July 1994, Combs was involved in a serious car accident along the [[Ventura Freeway#California State Route 134|SR 134]] portion of the [[Ventura Freeway]]. He sustained an injury in one of his [[intervertebral disc|spinal discs]], leaving him in severe and continuous pain.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Chip|date=1994-07-13|title='New Family Feud' TV Host Injured in Crash : Accident: Ray Combs is partially paralyzed following collision on Ventura Freeway, his agent says.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-13-me-15039-story.html|access-date=2022-01-13|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref>  Combs also struggled with financial problems after the failure of two of his comedy clubs (Caddy Combs and the Cincinnati Comedy Connection) and his home in Hamilton, Ohio, went into [[foreclosure]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hale|first=Juli|date=2018-01-17|title=Remember this: Ray Combs' 500-seat Comedy Connection featured big laughs, big names|url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/remember-this-ray-combs-500-seat-comedy-connection-featured-big-laughs-big-names|access-date=2022-01-13|work=[[WCPO-TV]]|language=en-US}}</ref> In September 1995, he separated from Debbie, his wife of 18 years (with whom he had six children). The couple attempted to reconcile, but later refiled for divorce. It was never finalized.<ref name="people" />

Combs made several attempts to resurrect his television career. He taped a pilot for a [[talk show]] called ''The Ray Combs Show'', but it was ultimately not picked up. Combs also hosted ''[[Family Challenge]]'' on [[History of Freeform (TV channel)#The Family Channel|The Family Channel]] from 1995 to 1996, and made a number of appearances on the [[Game Show Network]].