Original sentence: Edwards burnished the career of another game show host -- his protege, Bob Barker.Until his death, Edwards had lunch with Bob Barker every December 21st at exactly 12:05 PM, according to Bob Barker, for Barker's December birthday, and the anniversary of Edwards hiring Barker as host of Truth or Consequences, which according to Barker, started a long and enduring friendship between the two men
Edited sentence: Edwards burnished the career of another game show host—his protege, Bob Barker.Until his death, Edwards had lunch with Bob Barker every December 21 at exactly 12:05 PM, according to Bob Barker, for Barker's December birthday, and the anniversary of Edwards hiring Barker as host of Truth or Consequences, which according to Barker, started a long and enduring friendship between the two men