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Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek<\/u><\/a> revealed in a YouTube video on this day in history, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n

Trebek, age 78 at the time, said he learned of the condition that week, as he explained\u00a0in a video that shocked millions of people who had watched and followed the popular program under his guidance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Now, normally, the prognosis for this [pancreatic cancer]<\/a> is not very encouraging, but I\u2019m going to fight this, and I\u2019m going to keep working,” he announced in the video.<\/p>\n

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“And with the love and support of my family and friends<\/a> and with the help of your prayers also,” he also said, “I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease.”<\/p>\n

Then, Trebek joked that he’d have to recover in order to fulfill the TV hosting duties he was contracted to finish.<\/p>\n

“Truth told, I have to! Because under the terms of my contract, I have to host ‘Jeopardy!’ for three more years!” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“So help me. Keep the faith and we\u2019ll win. We\u2019ll get it done. Thank you.”<\/p>\n

He offered the update on his health, he said, to be “open and transparent” with fans of the TV show.<\/p>\n

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He continued to offer fans and followers updates on his health as time passed and as he underwent treatment.<\/p>\n

He vowed to continue hosting and doing the job that he said he loved for as long as possible.<\/p>\n

He also hinted, however, that he was coming to terms with the idea that he might need to stop treatment in order salvage his quality of life<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trebek also shared with followers, “I\u2019m going to stick with this current protocol, then that\u2019s it. If it doesn\u2019t work I\u2019ll probably stop treatment,” he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Quality of life was an important consideration.”<\/p>\n

However, he later assuaged those fears<\/u><\/a> with a follow-up statement in July.<\/p>\n

“That quote from [his] book was written BEFORE my current regimen, and I was going through some bad times,” Trebek explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“My current numbers are very good, but we will have to be patient with this new immunotherapy program that I am on,” he also said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“But if we were to stop being successful, I would return to my previous chemo treatment \u2014 NOT stop all treatment.”<\/p>\n

Trebek would pass away of the disease on Nov.\u00a08, 2020.<\/p>\n

“This is an enormous loss for the \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 staff, crew and all of Alex\u2019s millions of fans,” Mike Richards, then executive producer of the program, said in a statement to Fox News at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“He was a legend of the industry that we were all lucky to watch night after night for 37 years. Working beside him for the past year and a half as he heroically continued to host \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 was an incredible honor \u2026 His constant desire to learn, his kindness, and his professionalism will be with all of us forever.”<\/p>\n

Trebek had hosted the “Jeopardy!” program<\/a> since 1984 \u2014 for 37 seasons in all. He presided over more than 8,000 episodes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During his career, he received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host eight times for his work on “Jeopardy!”<\/p>\n

He routinely talked about how much he enjoyed hosting the popular game show and even credited fans<\/u><\/a> with helping him throughout his treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When production halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, he was one of the loudest voices in championing for the show to come back safely.<\/p>\n

Trebek was born in Greater Sudbury, Canada, becoming a naturalized American citizen in 1998.<\/p>\n

He passed away in Los Angeles after his 20-month battle with pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n

Following Trebek’s death, a series of guest hosts filled in for him for his final “Jeopardy!” season.<\/p>\n

Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings, in July 2022, were announced as his co-successors as permanent hosts after they took turns for the show’s 38th season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Prior to that, a string of guest hosts filled in temporarily.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bryan Robinson of Fox News Digital, as well as Elizabeth Zwirz and Tyler McCarthy, contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/this-day-history-march-6-2019-alex-trebek-shares-cancer-diagnosis-world <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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