Jeopardy host Alex Trebek has returned to filming the hit game show. He shocked the country on March 6 when he announced that he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Click through the gallery for all the info.
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Alex, 78, returned to the show March 12 to film new episodes.
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YouTube video announcing his diagnosis, he vowed to continue filming the long-running quiz show. “Now, just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,” he began.
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“Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working,” the Canadian continued.
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“With the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease,” he said, before sliding in a joke. “Truth told, I have to! Because under the terms of my contract, I have to host Jeopardy for three more years!”
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According to reports, Alex will immediately begin
chemotherapy.
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The host has starred on the show for 35 seasons. Jeopardy films twice a week, shooting multiple episodes at a time.
Alex, 78, returned to the show March 12 to film new episodes.
Photo credit: Getty Images
In the
YouTube video announcing his diagnosis, he vowed to continue filming the long-running quiz show. “Now, just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,” he began.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working,” the Canadian continued.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“With the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease,” he said, before sliding in a joke. “Truth told, I have to! Because under the terms of my contract, I have to host Jeopardy for three more years!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
According to reports, Alex will immediately begin
chemotherapy.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The host has starred on the show for 35 seasons. Jeopardy films twice a week, shooting multiple episodes at a time.
Photo credit: Getty Images
