Alex Trebek, a staple of TV’s game show genre thanks to his almost four-decade run as Jeopardy! host, is dead at 80.
Trebek died at home early Sunday morning, as first reported by TMZ and later confirmed by Variety, as well as Jeopardy!‘s official Twitter account. His death marks the end of what had been a very public struggle with pancreatic cancer.
Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alexpic.twitter.com/Yk2a90CHIM
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) November 8, 2020
Trebek revealed his cancer diagnosis – stage 4 pancreatic cancer – back in March 2019. He was realistic about his prognosis at the time, explaining that it’s normally “not very encouraging.” But he pledged to fight it, and to keep on doing his job at Jeopardy! while he did. Read more…
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