Man this one hits hard for me. I grew up watching the show every day with my grandma well into my teen years. I lost her back on Easter.
He absolutely did. He tried to put the audience at ease when he was the one having to deal with it. As a nerd, this one makes me sadder than it should.
An intelligent icon. Seemed like a guy you'd start talking to and lose all track of time, only to realize it was 6 hours later. Can't imagine a host better fit for his show. F cancer, and condolences to his family.
Alex Trebek mentioned LA Kings announcer Alex Faust and CNN legal analyst Laura Coates as people he would like to see replace him.
It’s going to be Ken. There is a reason he was hired as a consultant this season. He is the only person that jeopardy fans will universally accept as a new host
The, uh, gruffness of the thread title made me chuckle RIP to Trebek. By all accounts a really cool guy
great profile from 2014 https://newrepublic.com/article/117694/alex-trebek-last-king-american-middlebrow