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George Alexander Trebek [2] OC (/ t r ə ˈ b ɛ k /; 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.
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Host Country Game show(s) hosted Willie Aames: United States: The Krypton Factor (1990–91) Michael Absalom: United Kingdom: Best of Friends (2004–08) Mike Adamle: United States: American Gladiators (1989–96), Battle of the Network Reality Stars (2005) Don Adams: United States: Don Adams' Screen Test (1975–76) Kaye Adams: United Kingdom
Trebek, who passed away on November 8, 2020, at the age of 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, had won six Daytime Emmy awards for Outstanding Game Show Host and was as important to the ...
Clue: The United States Postal Service is honoring this iconic game show host with his own stamp. If you said “Who is Alex Trebek,” you’d be correct — and we can’t possibly imagine how ...
Trebek went on to host more than 8,000 episodes of the successful quiz show. Alex Trebek's historic 'Jeopardy!' run began 39 years ago on this day. Here's what made it such a hit.
On June 20, 1980, three other NBC game shows were canceled to make room for David Letterman's morning talk show and in the shuffle that followed, Password Plus was moved on August 4, 1980 to 11:30/10:30 when the daytime drama The Doctors moved from 2:00/1:00 to 12:30/11:30 (this time facing the second half-hours of CBS' The Price Is Right and ...
Alex Trebek’s final week of episodes as host of “Jeopardy!” — which conclude with the episode airing January 8 — have been striking in part for how much Trebek is committed to performing ...