โNo replacing himโ -- Metro Detroit โJeopardy!โ contestants remember Alex Trebek
DETROIT โ Longtime โJeopardy!โ host Alex Trebek died Sunday morning at his home after a long battle with cancer. READ: Longtime โJeopardy!โ host Alex Trebek dies at 80 after long battle with cancerTrebek was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2019, and he continued to host Jeopardy! He hosted โJeopardy!โ for 37 years, recording more than 8,000 episodes. He holds the record for most game show episodes hosted by the same person. He continued working after his diagnosis, he never asked for sympathy.
Longtime โJeopardy!โ host Alex Trebek dies at 80 after long battle with cancer
host Alex Trebek died this morning, the show announced on social media Sunday afternoon. Trebek was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2019, and he continued to host Jeopardy! Working beside him for the past year and a half as he heroically continued to host JEOPARDY! โToday we lost a legend and a beloved member of the Sony Pictures family,โ said Tony Vinciquerra, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment." โWe join our colleagues at Sony Pictures in mourning the passing of Alex Trebek,"said Kenichiro Yoshida,Chairman, President and CEO, Sony Corporation.