Brayden Smith, the 24-year-old five-time Jeopardy! winner whose death was announced by family last week, had undergone surgery for an undisclosed condition in the days before his Feb.
5 passing, a local CBS station in his hometown of Las Vegas reports.News station KLAS cites a Smith family sources in its report about Brayden Smith’s recent surgery.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal has reported that the Jeopardy! contestant dubbed “Billy Buzzsaw” by host Alex Trebek had spent several days at a Southern Nevada hospital prior to his death.
Neither news outlet specified the nature of Smith’s illness or surgery.Smith is considered on social media to be Trebek’s “last great champion” – the young man taped his episodes last October prior to Trebek’s
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