Is It Possible to Replace Alex Trebek?
The legendary game-show host had a distinctive ability to toggle between gravitas, gentleness, and theatricality.
When Alex Trebek began hosting Jeopardy, Ronald Reagan was in his first term, Ghostbusters was a recent box-office hit, and most Millennials hadn’t been born yet. Now, after nearly four decades, his time behind the podium is done. Trebek, a TV icon, died over the weekend from pancreatic cancer that he was diagnosed with a year and a half ago.
That diagnosis, and the resulting chemotherapy, did not stop Trebek from continuing to host the show, . He was in the studio , meaning that—becauseis taped well in advance—several episodes featuring Trebek have yet to be released.
