‘Jeopardy!’ contestant reveals death of her husband weeks after giving him a shout-out on the show

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the Sun. “And, as you’ll see when you watch, I gave him a huge shout-out in my interview, which I was keeping a secret. “But he’s never going to see it because he unexpectedly died three weeks ago. (He did know how I did.)“I’ve got a bunch of people meeting me at a local bar that plays the show every night.

I know he’d want me to enjoy my 15 minutes of fame,” Lauro concluded. “But God, this is hard.”Despite the tragedy, Lauro called her time on “Jeopardy!” one of “the best experiences” of her life.According to the online obituary, Lauro’s husband, Leo, died Nov.

29, at 61. The two were high school sweethearts and met on Lauro’s 17th birthday after joining a group of friends for a movie at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

After graduating from high school, they began dating and Leo’s mother remembered Lauro’s mother. “Their relationship blossomed into a strong marriage that lasted over 30 years.