Biography alex trebek

George Alexander "Alex" Trebek^[9]OC (July 22, &#; November 8, ) was a Canadian-Americantelevisiongame show host. He hosted Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from until his death in He was born in Greater Sudbury, Ontario.^[10][11][12] He became a naturalized American citizen in ^[13] In , he snapped his achilles tendon while trying to stop a thief trying to rob his San Francisco hotel room.^[14][15]

In March , Trebek announced that he had been diagnosed with stage IVpancreatic cancer.^[16][17][18] He died from the disease more than a year and a half later on November 8, in Los Angeles, aged ^[19][20] The same disease previously affected his predecessor on Jeopardy!, Art Fleming, 25 years earlier.^[21][22] He had been contracted to host Jeopardy! until ^[23]

Following Trebek's death, a series of guest hosts filled in for Tr