{"id":30507,"date":"2020-11-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=30507"},"modified":"2020-11-21T23:20:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T04:20:19","slug":"jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-died-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2020\/11\/10\/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-died-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"“Jeopardy!” Host Alex Trebek died at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alex Trebek died on Nov. 8 after a lengthy battle with Stage 4 Pancreatic cancer. The \u201cJeopardy!\u201d host kept fans updated constantly and continued to do the show while he was undergoing treatment. Trebek spent his last day with his wife watching the horizon<\/a>. This was his wish. Mike Richards, the executive producer of the well-known game show, stated that Trebek \u201cwas coherent, wasn’t in pain and the fact he had a nice, final day makes all of us in the \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 family feel much better.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trebek hosted \u201cJeopardy!\u201d for 37 years, and often found himself face to face with fans attempting to stump him with their own \u201cJeopardy!\u201d style questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trebek filmed the shows even in incredible amounts of pain<\/a>, often writhing and crying in his dressing room, as he stated in one interview with CBS News. Trebek was extremely transparent about his treatment and disease, never hiding any of it from the fans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Something that \u201cJeopardy!\u201d offered was a sense of stability. Since he took the role in 1984, the show had a consistent style and host, never altering except for once. During an April Fool’s episode, Trebek and \u201cWheel Of Fortune\u201d host Pat Sajak switched places for the day. It was noted that the two had a friendly rivalry<\/a>, as \u201cWheel Of Fortune\u201d was the number one game show in America, while \u201cJeopardy\u201d’ came in second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trebek was born George Alexander Trebek on July 22, 1940, in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. His father was a Ukrainian immigrant who worked as a chef and his mother was French-Canadian.

He went to Jesuit schools until his parents divorced at the age of 12 and he was sent to boarding school. After high school, he attended the University of Ottawa. He hosted a few quiz shows in Canada before moving to the US in 1973. He went on to host more game shows, like \u201cThe Wizard of Odds\u201d and various others.

In 1974, he married Elaine Callei. They divorced in 1981 and had no children. He married Jean Currivan in 1990 and had three children: Matthew, Nicky and Emily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Trebek joined by his wife, Jean Currivan (ABC News\/YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, he was listed as the 11th<\/sup> highest paid television host<\/a> in the world. Trebek, despite the money and fame, didn’t like the Hollywood lifestyle. Instead, Trebek drove a pickup truck and for a brief time owned a farm where he raised thoroughbred racehorses<\/a>. Ultimately, he sold the farm in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He appeared frequently in movies as himself and even ran a leg of the Olympic Torch once. He also attempted to host a Governor’s race debate in Pennsylvania, but misunderstood the role and overstepped, speaking on the Catholic Church’s clergy abuse scandals in 2018<\/a>. Despite this, Trebek was listed as the eighth most trusted American in a Scientific Digest poll in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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