Less than three weeks ahead of the annual awards show, Alex Trebek has officially opted out of making an appearance at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards.
05.03.2020 - 02:51 / eonline.com
For 36 years, Alex Trebek has been the purveyor of obscure facts from the archeologist who opened King Tut's tomb in 1922 (Who is Howard Carter?) to the device Alexander Graham Bell tested out on Civil War vets still riddled with bullets (What is a metal detector?). But for the past year, the longtime Jeopardy! host has been educating his followers on something infinitely more important and far more personal.
Less than three weeks ahead of the annual awards show, Alex Trebek has officially opted out of making an appearance at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards.
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is to skip the upcoming Canadian Screen Awards, where he is set to receive a special tribute on March 29 in Toronto as he battles stage IV pancreatic cancer, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The 79-year-old Canada-born game show host was previously announced as the recipient of a special honor for his contribution to the media industry after returning to host Jeopardy! in August 2019.
On Monday evening, “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” confirmed the shows had suspended filming in front of live studio audiences to prevent spreading the novel coronavirus to vulnerable people who might show up to a taping at Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City, Calif.
Both shows typically have older audiences and “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek was diagnosed last year with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, so likely has a compromised immune system.
Both shows typically have older audiences and “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek was diagnosed last year with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, so likely has a compromised immune system.
“Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” will not tape in front of live audiences in the near term, a person familiar with the situation tells Variety, as the continued spread of coronavirus poses a risk to guests as well as immunocompromised “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who last year was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Hit game shows “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” will temporarily nix audiences as a protective measure against the spread of coronavirus, a report said.
Live audiences have been suspended at Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.
“Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” will not tape in front of live audiences in the near term, a person familiar with the situation tells Variety, as the continued spread of coronavirus poses a risk to guests as well as immunocompromised “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who last year was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Alex Trebek is defying the odds. The longtime Jeopardy! host took to social media to give viewers an update on his battle with pancreatic cancer.
Alex Trebek is opening up about his health.
Can you believe it’s been ONE YEAR since Alex Trebek shocked us all by revealing his cancer diagnosis??
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek has donated $100,000 to a new homeless shelter in Los Angeles.
Alex Trebek is making great strides in his fight against stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The Jeopardy! host, 79, released a video update about the current state of his health on social media on March 4, and revealed that he will continue to battle his cancer one day at a time. The update comes one year after his diagnosis — a milestone just 18 percent of those with his stage and type of cancer, survive.
Alex Trebek has now reached a major milestone in his battle with pancreatic cancer. In a new video update, the beloved Jeopardy! host revealed that he has now passed the one-year survival mark since being diagnosed with the disease, and his doctor is optimistic that this is just the beginning.