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,