Alex Trebek Jeopardy Host passes at 80
 

Alex Trebek, the longtime host of popular game show Jeopardy!, has died at age 80. News of Trebek’s passing comes just one year and eight months after he announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

On Sunday morning, the official Twitter account for Jeopardy! shared the news of Trebek’s passing, writing, “Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex.”

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Well, well. RIP Al! Gotta say, he was prob. the best and least cringe worthy gameshow host we ever had. Far better than Sajak (and dear god a million times better than Barker).

Thanks for the entertainment over the years there, AL! You were a TV legend!

Sad, though at least the guy made it to a normal age of 80 despite that nasty type of cancer. Just a shame he had to go out dealing with that.

One of the last of his kind. When game shows were institutions.

Most of us who get to that age will go out that way, unfortunately.:cry::cry::cry:

I got the news off of TMZ just before the daily workout. Its stage 4 cancer so its a how long type of thing instead of when recovered. However, while some hair loss was apparent it was not noticeable that he was nearing death. I watch Jeopardy about three episodes a week and have for most of my life. It was so great to get the GOAT tournament to kick off this crazy year. No matter if a GOAT contestant takes the reins or a notable diverse hire Trebeck's clam and intellectual demeanor will never be duplicated.

Trebeck gave an update last July and seemed like he had not even considered taping the 30 second goodbye message he mentioned. I guess I wonder if he took a sudden turn for the worse and never got to tape a goodbye and enjoy his last days with his family.

Often its thought to be creepy and unorthodox with a spouse 24 years younger, but he and Jean pulled it and off and had two great kids kept out of the limelight. He said recently the biggest regret was not being able to have a longer marriage which was due in part to the their age difference. Alex is a loving family man who loved his job to the end, going into work on October 30th. Also, it does not go unnoticed that his fictional rival Sean Connery passed just over a week before him, it remains my favorite SNL sketch of all-time. To honor him I will put the Funko Pop! on my work desk first thing tomorrow.
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Hm, yeah well said!

Alex Trebek: thank you for making a humongous difference in my life. You were one of my favorite game show hosts of all time. I always enjoyed your entertainment and joy you brought to this world. I'm so glad I got the honor to watch you in person last year. You lived a full and wonderful life, got to see so much of the world with your clue crew, and helped pass on so much knowledge to the world through your show. You fought through tough times, kept going, and you got to be with your family at the end. You will always be a treasured icon in this world, and I will look forward to seeing you in heaven.

That's a bummer. He sure hung in there.

Man, 2020 can seriously go to hell.

Goddamn you, 2020! Die in a fire, 2020! Just go straight down to hell you horrid year from the depths of hell! Kill yourself, twooooooo-thousaaaaand and tweeeeeeeenty!

But seriously, this is sad. But not unexpected.

He was an inspiration for millions of people around the world.

I hope he will be able to rest well. He will be dearly missed.

Very sad. I never really watched Jeopardy but I watch the old reruns of Classic Concentration and Double Dare. He had a cool personality.

It’s weird that Jeopardy doesn’t get reruns on gameshow channels. Not that I’ve seen.

I wonder what he thought of the "Let's explain the puzzle to the cretins at home..." aspect of Concentration.

You will be missed Trebek.

I think it used to on the Game Show Network.

I started watching Jeopardy! in 2011 and I always feel smart when I watch even if I usually don't know the answers (or should I say questions?). Kevin Smith even echoes my sentiments in this tweet.

https://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith/s...18596655603713

It won't be the same without him. May he rest in peace.

The final episode hosted by Alex Trebek was taped on October 29th, and will air on Christmas.

https://people.com/tv/alex-trebek-fi...christmas-day/

I guess I don’t remember. I love gameshows but I never got into Jeopardy because I thought most of the questions/answers seemed pretty hard too.

This made me very sad last Sunday when being alerted of this. I will miss watching Jeopardy with him as the host. Been watching for so many years. He was charismatic and intelligent. I used to watch as a kid sometimes, but more so as an adult.

You know, watching the older episodes (like 1984 to maybe the later 80s), the questions were really easy.

Well really depends on the topics, some topics in any era of the show were easy like ones involving filling in blanks, things starting or ending with certain letters, or just any topics that you or any given person happen to be well-versed in. Probably many found ones involving memorizing names, dates, events, and pinpointing connections between any of which to be hard.

Alex will always be the face for Jeopardy, and that theme song will always remind people of him. His was a life well-lived. I'm sure we will always have a place, television or online, we can find the reruns of his episodes. I'm guessing Johnny Gilbert will continue being the voice until he passes or retires. It'll sound strange hearing him say another's name at the intro, but he will always be remembered as the voice of Jeopardy, not to mention many other shows.

There's a petition going around to have LeVar Burton be the new host.

https://trekmovie.com/2020/11/14/lev...t-of-jeopardy/

No, the questions in comparison to how they are now were actually pretty easy. I was basing it on that. The topics were more...general knowledge-like to me.

Jeopardy was unique for a game show. It was informative and it left me feeling like I learned a few things.

It definitely won't be the same without Alex, but I won't mind if the show does continue. It can still educate an audience if the new host allows the sitcom to 'follow its own footsteps' so to speak.

I wasn't able to share my thoughts on his death on the day it was announced because I was going through so many emotions at the time. Alex Trebek was truly a national treasure and one of the greatest game-show hosts of all-time. He will be dearly missed and has left behind an amazing legacy.

After Alex Trebek's final episode, the show will go on with a string of guest hosts. The first being, of course, Ken Jennings.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...003027109.html

Well Ken was already made part of the show this season, guess that doesn't come as much of a surprise. I believe he and Alex may have talked on-screen at least once about him being succeeding host one day, now it's a soon-to-be reality. I know Alex had the same talk with James, of course there were I believe a number of contestants who may have joked/toyed about that with Alex over the years.

Here is a great message from Trebek that he recorded before he passed away.

Wow. He does not sound good at all. He really did give us all of himself. So much respect.

I started to notice that recently. It's sad. I agree that a lot of respect is due for still going on.

Alex Trebek's final episode will no longer air on December 25th, but on January 8th. From December 21st to January 1st, they'll air ten of Trebek's best episodes. After that, his final five episodes will air from January 4th to the 8th. The first of the guest-hosted episodes will then air on January 11th.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...224945762.html

Katie Couric will be one of the guest hosts after Alex Trebek's final Jeopardy! tomorrow.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kati...211100007.html

I saw the last recorded episode today and it was quite sad to realize it was the last one. They did a nice tribute to him at the end of the episode which was very nice. I watched most of Jeopardy! over the years with my Mom and Stepdad. It was great today to watch the last episode of Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek with my Mom today.

On a side note, I would also suggest for any fans of Alex Trebek, to go look up other game shows that he hosted throughout the years. My personal favorites besides Jeaopardy! are Classic Concentration (second version from the 1980's) and Double Dare (which I watched with my Dad).

Bill Whitaker of 60 Minutes and Mayim Bialik from Call Me Kat are two new guest hosts announced. I can't help but be interested in Mayim Bialik hosting.

https://tvline.com/2021/01/13/jeopar...ost-full-list/

My three year old was hit pretty hard by this because he likes to watch not just Jeopardy but like others have said Classic Concentration and even I think we may have watched a little bit of Double Dare so when he heard that Alex Trebek died he was really sad.

Always found Classic Concentration to be much harder than JEOPARDY! Could never make hide nor hair of what those puzzles said. Still, Alex kept it fun to watch.
Anyone ever play that Classic Concentration car bonus round flash game on the Y8 (flash player going obsolete but can still be played with Y8 browser) that allows you to name your own 8 cars?
By the way, Ken does all right as host. We'll see how others go about it.

Anderson Cooper, Savannah Guthrie, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Sanjay Gupta will also be hosting Jeopardy!.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...001235142.html

Since he's a Jeopardy fan, I think Ken would work best compared to the upcoming ones, but I'll watch to form a better opinion.

The best part is the others are just host for a week. None of them are appealing honestly and I hope that it will be Jeopardy just covering bases before going with The GOAT after this season wraps.

Just for the record, most if not all of them may be Jeopardy fans, after all America has always been chock full of 'em. It's a way of life for civilians and celebrities alike.

Well that's one thing the US can be proud of.

Well another bummer occurrence, Alex's last big time Jeopardy champion Brayden Smith apparently passed away back on February 5, was 24.

That's sad. I still had his episodes on my DVR, and I went to watch them one last time before removing them. May he rest in peace.

That's awful. He died at such a young age, too. Just when he was getting his chance to shine ...

My thoughts are with his family and friends. Rest at peace, Brayden Smith.

I heard about this, but didn't see anything about a cause of death. It's always shocking to hear about people so young passing.