Johnny Gilbert is looking back on his time with Alex Trebek. The 96-year-old announcer, who has been the “voice” of Jeopardy!
since 1984, spoke to People magazine about his friendship with Alex, who passed away in early November. “Alex has always been the same person,” Johnny shared of the late host, as he recalled the memories he has of him. “He was very introspective, he read a tremendous amount and travelled a lot.
He was always doing crossword puzzles to keep his mind active.” He added that Alex was “really very intelligent. He was always telling the youngsters in the audience, ‘You’ve got to read, you have to learn.
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