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Alex Trebek
OC
Trebek at the Peabody Awards in 2012
Born
George Alexander Trebek
(1940-07-22)July 22, 1940
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Died
November 8, 2020(2020-11-08) (aged 80)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Citizenship
Canadian
American (from 1998)
Alma mater
University of Ottawa
Occupations
Television personality
game show host
Years active
1961–2020
Known for
Hosting Jeopardy! (1984–2020)
Spouses
Elaine Howard
(m. 1974; div. 1981)
Jean Currivan
(m. 1990)
Children
3[1]
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George Alexander Trebek[2]OC (/trəˈbɛk/; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He was best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020. Trebek also hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, High Rollers, Battlestars, Classic Concentration, and To Tell the Truth. He also made appearances, usually as himself, in numerous films and television series.
A native of Canada, Trebek became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1998.[3] For his work on Jeopardy!, Trebek received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host eight times. He died on November 8, 2020, at the age of 80, after a 20-month battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. At the time of his death, Trebek had been contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022.[4]
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^Trebek, Alex (2020). The Answer Is... Reflections on My Life. Simon & Schuster. p. 36. ISBN 9781982158019.
^"Alex Trebek Fast Facts". CNN. Atlanta, Georgia. July 3, 2018. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
^Ramos, Dino-Ray (October 31, 2018). "'Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak & Vanna White, 'Jeopardy!' Host Alex Trebek Renew Contracts Through 2022". Deadline Hollywood. Los Angeles, California. Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
George Alexander Trebek OC (/trəˈbɛk/; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He was best...
for a morning show, and was succeeded by Helen Hutchinson. She married AlexTrebek in 1974, returning to the United States as he pursued career opportunities...
and Fox Sports. He gained additional fame in 2018 when Jeopardy! host AlexTrebek suggested that Faust could replace him as the show's host. Born and raised...
1992. The long-running game shows Jeopardy! (Studio 10, renamed "The AlexTrebek Stage" in July 2021) and Wheel of Fortune (Studio 11), along with their...
Jones (who was not stripped of her medals until December 2007). Host AlexTrebek said, "We will accept that, in terms of female athletes, there aren't...
a daily syndicated program hosted by AlexTrebek, Trebek convinced Griffin to hire Gilbert as announcer; Trebek had met Gilbert at a dinner party in the...
1976), Australian actor Alex Russell (actor) (born 1987), Australian actor Alex Sharpe (fl. 1991–present), Irish singer AlexTrebek (1940–2020), Canadian-American...
'Inappropriate Behavior'". TheWrap. Johnson, Alex (January 4, 2018). "'Jeopardy!' on hiatus after host AlexTrebek has brain surgery". NBC News. Retrieved...
Show on Sirius XM. In July 2018, Coates was suggested by Jeopardy! host AlexTrebek as a possible replacement once his contract was completed. In September...
Griffin began developing a revival of the show in 1983. As a result, AlexTrebek (a personal friend of Fleming's) took the position instead and continued...
the Coach Hines sketches. Barinholtz's celebrity impressions included AlexTrebek, Andy Dick, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ashton Kutcher, Bo Bice, Dane Cook...
he and Vanna White were contestants on an episode of Wheel hosted by AlexTrebek. The winnings of both Sajak and White were donated to charity (in this...
melody of the theme for the syndicated version of the show hosted by AlexTrebek in 1984. In 1975, NBC canceled Jeopardy! after moving it twice on its...
featured a succession of different hosts: Gordon Elliott, Lynn Swann and AlexTrebek. The show was revived again in syndication from 2000 to 2002 with John...
host Lara Spencer make cameo appearances as themselves. Jeopardy! host AlexTrebek makes a posthumous cameo appearance in his final film role before his...
lives and have been recorded by so many great artists." Television host AlexTrebek asked McLean to sing for him and his Jeopardy family at his annual Christmas...
(October 13, 2020). "The Craziest Thing Just Happened on Jeopardy! — Even AlexTrebek Was Floored (WATCH VIDEO)". TVLine. ""2020 Billboard Music Awards" Will...
Ouellet, Postmaster General of Canada, CEO and president of Canada Post. AlexTrebek, host of the game show Jeopardy!, after whom a building was named on...
Patrick (June 8, 2021). "Daytime Emmy Awards Sets Host; Nominees Include AlexTrebek, Larry King – Update". Deadline. Retrieved April 13, 2023. "The 'Saved...
Midwest) and the merit-based nature of the game show format. In June 2014, AlexTrebek set a new world record for "hosting more episodes of a single television...
for the show's 2021 Tournament of Champions following longtime host AlexTrebek's death. Cohen grew up in Millburn, New Jersey. He graduated from the...
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