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Alex Trebek dies of cancer

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Alex Trebek dies of cancer

Post by matt1 » Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:46 pm

Game show host Alex Trebek ("Jeopardy!") has lost the battle with cancer at 80 years old. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Trebek



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Re: Alex Trebek dies of cancer

Post by RingtailedFox » Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:49 pm

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Re: Alex Trebek dies of cancer

Post by stopnswop2 » Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:54 am

I thought he said he was in remission or something. This is shocking
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Re: Alex Trebek dies of cancer

Post by matt1 » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:51 am

Alex's debut in U.S. was the NBC game show "The Wizard Of Odds" on July 17, 1973. Also "High Rollers" (NBC), "Double Dare" (CBS) & "Classic Concentration" (May 1987 till November 1991).

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Re: Alex Trebek dies of cancer

Post by kager » Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:07 am

I was saddened to hear this on the radio yesterday afternoon. RIP Mr. Trebek.

Seems rather ironic that he and Sean Connery passed on within 10 days of each other.
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Re: Alex Trebek dies of cancer

Post by moldyoldie » Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:40 am

Terrible loss to television who'll certainly be missed by all who love the greatest game show that ever was. |I RIP

I was wondering to myself if Sony might approach erstwhile Jeopardy! uber-champion Ken Jennings to be the new host; he's apparently now employed on the show's staff.
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Re: Alex Trebek dies of cancer

Post by Honeyman » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:23 am

moldyoldie wrote:
Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:40 am
Terrible loss to television who'll certainly be missed by all who love the greatest game show that ever was. |I RIP

I was wondering to myself if Sony might approach erstwhile Jeopardy! uber-champion Ken Jennings to be the new host; he's apparently now employed on the show's staff.
That has been the rumor for quite some time.
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Re: Alex Trebek dies of cancer

Post by Deleted User 14896 » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:52 am

Honeyman wrote:
Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:23 am
moldyoldie wrote:
Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:40 am
.... I was wondering to myself if Sony might approach erstwhile Jeopardy! uber-champion Ken Jennings to be the new host; he's apparently now employed on the show's staff.
That has been the rumor for quite some time.
I don't know if anyone remembers Trebek doing an interview a couple of years ago. Trebek named two potential candidates to be his successor: Alex Faust, the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, and Laura Coates, an attorney and legal analyst who appears on CNN regularly and hosts an eponymous interactive SiriusXM radio show on the network’s UrbanView channel.

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