public battle with pancreatic cancer, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek has died. He was 80 years old. According to a statement given by the official Jeopardy!
Twitter, Trebek passed peacefully at home, surrounded by family and friends. The beloved game show host, whose sense of worldliness and intelligence became a hallmark of the show since its 1984 revival, succumbed to the disease on Nov.
8. Back in July, Trebek released a memoir he wrote during COVID-19 lockdown, titled The Answer Is ...: Reflections on My Life.
Trebek was born in Ontario, Canada, and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1998. He studied philosophy in school and aspired to become a broadcast journalist.
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