Alex Trebek, the long-running host of the iconic trivia gameshow “Jeopardy” has died, the show announced Sunday afternoon.
He was 80.Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends.
Thank you, Alex.
pic.twitter.com/Yk2a90CHIM— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 8, 2020Trebek had been courageously documenting his life with cancer after being diagnosed in March 2019.
He attended the TCM Classic Movies Film Festival in April of that year, giving a heartfelt and emotional introduction to the feature “Wuthering Heights.” He celebrated one year of fighting cancer — prognosis for survival after 12 months is usually 18% — in March 2020.
Because of the global health pandemic, and to protect Trebek, the game show filmed without audiences before production was suspended indefinitely.Alex Trebek was born George Alexander Trebek in Ontario, Canada on July 22, 1940.
He started working at the young age of 13 as a
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