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Alex Trebek
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Canadian and American game show host and TV personality (1940–2020)
Key facts
- Born
- George Alexander Trebek , ( 1940-07-22 ) July 22, 1940, Sudbury , Ontario , Canada
- Died
- November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08) (aged 80), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Citizenship
- Canada United States (from 1998)
- Alma mater
- University of Ottawa
- Occupations
- Television personality game show host
- Years active
- 1961–2020
- Known for
- Hosting Jeopardy! (1984–2020)
- Spouses
- Elaine Howard ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1981 ) Jean Currivan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Greater Sudbury
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Alex Trebek at the 71st Annual Peabody Awards (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1940-07-22
- Commons category
- Alex Trebek
- name in native language
- Alex Trebek
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- birth name
- George Alexander Trebek
- date of death
- 2020-11-08
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- net worth
- 75000000
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- Caucasian race
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Encyclopedic overview
George Alexander Trebek (/trəˈbɛk/; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian and American game show host and television personality. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he was best known for hosting the syndicated quiz 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 made appearances, usually as himself, in numerous films and television series.
A native of Canada, Trebek became a naturalized American citizen in 1998. For his work on Jeopardy!, Trebek received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host eight times. He died in November 2020, at age 80, after 20 months with stage IV pancreatic cancer. At the time of his death, Trebek had been contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022.
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