Alex Trebek was a part of “Jeopardy” for nearly 37 years, and in spite of his diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer revealed in the spring of 2019, the longtime host of the famed quiz show remained steadfast in his professional commitments until the very end.
In a new episode of the podcast “This is Jeopardy! The Story of America’s Favorite Quiz Show” this week titled “So Long, Everybody!” several members of Trebek’s family as well as longtime colleagues remembered the last year and a half of his tenure on the show, leading up to his death in November 2020. “Alex, from the very beginning, said, ‘This is not going to affect anything, I plan on fighting this.
” “Sometimes we were backstage before we’d get started for the show, and he’d say, ‘OK Johnny, introduce me!’ so I knew he was looking forward to that, which made me want to do it even more, with even more vigor, more excitement,” Gilbert continued. “And he always came out.” The “Jeopardy” team worked tirelessly to prolong Trebek’s work experience and make it as comfortable as possible. “We would have done anything,” Schmidt said. “We’d have followed him anywhere.
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