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Alex Trebek
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George Alexander Trebek OC (July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American television personality, game show host and actor. He was the host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! after its revival in 1984, and 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. Trebek also made appearances in numerous television series, in which he usually played himself. A native of Canada, Trebek became a naturalized United States citizen in 1998. He received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host seven times for his work on Jeopardy!. On November 8, 2020, Trebek died at age 80 after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer; he had been contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022.
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George Alexander Trebek OC (July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American television personality, game show host and actor. He was the host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! after its revival in 1984, and 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. Trebek also made appearances in numerous television series, in which he usually played himself. A native of Canada, Trebek became a naturalized United States citizen in 1998. He received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host seven times for his work on Jeopardy!. On November 8, 2020, Trebek died at age 80 after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer; he had been contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022.
Known For
The Simpsons
Orange Is the New Black
Saturday Night Live
How I Met Your Mother
RuPaul's Drag Race
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
60 Minutes
Family Guy
Beverly Hills, 90210
The Golden Girls
Seinfeld
The Naked Truth
The X-Files
The Larry Sanders Show
Men Behaving Badly
The Nanny
Ladies Man
Cheers
Mad About You
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Mama's Family
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Rugrats
Pacific Station
Dave's World
Blossom
Hot in Cleveland
The Weird Al Show
The Magic School Bus
The Amazing Race Canada
Pepper Ann
Arthur
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Finding Forrester
American Psycho
Free Guy
S.W.A.T.
The Bucket List
Little Manhattan
Charlie's Angels
Spy Hard
The Simpsons: Christmas
Jeopardy!
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Wizard of Odds
Battlestars
Double Dare
Production Credits
Free Guy
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