Alex Trebek

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Alex Trebek
OC
Trebek in 2012 wearing a dark grey suit
Trebek at the Peabody Awards in 2012
Born
George Alexander Trebek

(1940-07-22)July 22, 1940
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
DiedNovember 8, 2020(2020-11-08) (aged 80)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Citizenship
  • Canadian
  • American (from 1998)
Alma materUniversity of Ottawa
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • game show host
Years active1961–2020
Known forHosting Jeopardy! (1984–2020)
Spouses
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    (m. 1974; div. 1981)​
  • Jean Currivan
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    (m. 1990)​
Children3[1]
Signature

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nytobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Trebek, Alex (2020). The Answer Is... Reflections on My Life. Simon & Schuster. p. 36. ISBN 9781982158019.
  3. ^ "Alex Trebek Fast Facts". CNN. Atlanta, Georgia. July 3, 2018. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  4. ^ 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.