Posted on 11/08/2020 2:02:12 PM PST by Kaslin
Alex Trebek, the genial television host who spent three decades testing the general knowledge of contestants and viewers of the hit U.S. game show “Jeopardy,” has died. He was 80.
He died on at home on Sunday morning, according to a tweet by the show. Trebek announced he had advanced pancreatic cancer in March 2019. Two months later Trebek said some of his tumors had shrunk by more than 50% and he was near remission, according to People magazine. He returned to the show in September for its 36th season, but soon revealed that his health had taken a turn for the worse, and he was undergoing chemotherapy for a second time.
The Canadian-born philosophy graduate was a familiar face in his adopted country for hosting about 8,000 episodes of “America’s favorite quiz show,” its trademark slogan. He headed a program that went into syndication in 1984 and averaged 25 million viewers a week a quarter-century later. Trebek won five Emmy Awards as host of the daytime show.
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Rest in peace. He had a great career.
What is a loss to America?
He sure did.
Sigh
Indeed
Good riddance
That’s sad.
Maybe they’ll bring Art Fleming back.
If you’re old enough to remember Art Fleming, you’re old.
Seriously? You need some help dude.
He worked right up until the end and faced living under a death sentence with style and grace. He was a class act.
>>He worked right up until the end and faced living under a death sentence with style and grace. He was a class act.<<
Ditto. He was a class act for sure.
I am a devoted JEOPARDY fan! He will be missed. RIP dear man!
I'm old then at 56.
If you’re old enough to remember Art Fleming, you’re old.
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My parents were friends with him and his wife. He also died of pancreatic cancer, just a couple of weeks after he was diagnosed. Oddly enough, my father died of it too.
He was a man who knew everything. He had a radio show that was called something like, Stump Art Fleming. He had an undefeated record.
“Jeopardy” was a daytime show, on at... noon(?) EST. I remember watching it at work. Wherever I worked. Can’t remember.
I enjoy the original versions of most of the current game shows. Bill Cullen’s “The Price is Right” is far superior to the jumping, shouting, screaming version of today.
But everything was better in the 1950’s.
****sigh****
ALEX TREBEK DEAD AT 80. 80 responses at present.
Just fixing to link the other threads and checked back
and saw you just posted the links.......
He also said he didn’t believe in an afterlife, so, RiP if you can, Alex.
We watch Jeopardy every nite.
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