John Barbour, who created, produced and co-hosted the 1979-85 NBC reality series Real People , died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Las Vegas, a family spokesperson announced. He was 93. The Toronto native began his career as a stand-up comic, which led to appearances on shows hosted by Steve Allen, Joey Bishop and Dean Martin and gigs serving as the opening act for Robert Goulet and Bobby Darin in Las Vegas. He also released two comedy albums, 1965’s It’s Tough to Be White (which dealt with civil rights and race relations and included liner notes written by Dick Gregory) and 1978’s I Met a Man I Didn’t Like (with liner notes from Neil Simon ). Barbour was the pilot host for The Gong Show in 1976 before Chuck Barris took over, a writer and performer on the rebooted Laugh-In in 1977-78 and an actor on such TV series as Get Smart , Ironside , The Odd Couple , Sanford and Son , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Breaking Bad .…