Alex Trebek

George Alexander Trebek OC July 22 1940 November 8 2020 was a CanadianAmerican 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 twoyear battle with pancreatic cancer he had been contracted to host Jeopardy until 2022