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Alex Trebek diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer
BillCullen1:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on March 06, 2019, 10:17:54 PM ---If anybody is gonna fight this it will be Alex...Best Wishes and prayers to The Wizard of Odds.
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Seconded. He's hosted Jeopardy as long as Barker's hosted TPIR, and three times as long as Fleming did. May the force be with Alex.
weaklink75:
I read on another board that they're done filming for the season on April 6th (the Teachers Tournament tapes the 1st and 2nd), so unless things go very bad very fast, he should hopefully make it to that point. After that, they have some time to see how things go before they have to make some decisions for September and beyond. I would think they will quietly talk to some people- nothing public, so if the worst happens, they'll be ready.
Hoping for the best, but I'm pragmatic about this- I remember the Jack Barry situation when he died between seasons of TJW, and Dan Enright decided to bring Bill Cullen in instead of keeping frequent sub Jim Peck (and IIRC, Jack was going to announce his hosting retirement the first episode of the next season and hand the show over to Jim full-time while he remained as executive producer)
DoItRockapella:
--- Quote from: weaklink75 on March 07, 2019, 03:41:08 PM ---(the Teachers Tournament tapes the 1st and 2nd)
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For some reason, they are also doing a second Teen Tournament this season, which was taped in December and will be broadcast in June.
https://www.irontontribune.com/2019/02/02/local-student-to-appear-on-teen-jeopardy/
Hoping for the best for Mr. Trebek here. I lost my great-uncle to a similar form of pancreatic cancer a few years ago.
BrandonFG:
Alex Trebek thanks everyone who sent well wishes in a very touching video.
cyclone45:
Am I the only one who feels uncomfortable watching J! given the recent news?
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