Alex Trebek, the iconic and longtime host of "Jeopardy!," has passed away at the age of 80 after battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer since March 2019.
Trebek passed away Sunday surrounded by friends and family in his home. Trebek continued to host "Jeopardy!" throughout the past year despite his illness and ongoing chemo treatments.
A post to the "Jeopardy!" Twitter account confirmed the news.
Despite the challenges, Trebek seamlessly continued to appear on the popular TV program, even while battling what he described as "massive attacks of great depression that made me wonder if it was really worth fighting on."
His odds of surviving up to a second year of pancreatic cancer were just 7%. Sadly, he took a turn for the worse and was unable to make it to that milestone.
His cancer journey was filled with many ups and downs, even announcing in May 2019 that his tumors had shrunk more than 50%. He began another round of chemotherapy a few months later.
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