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Jean Trebek shares rare photo of Alex Trebek on their wedding day

The couple celebrated 30 years of marriage in April.

Jean Trebek shares rare photo of Alex Trebek on their wedding day

The couple celebrated 30 years of marriage in April.

this band's monster album included Crush With Eyeliner, R E M Jeopardy's Alex Trebek had all the answers on the popular game show. The revamped version of Jeopardy was an instant hit when it debuted in 1984 with its distinctive answering question format, the syndicated game show made the Canadian born Trebek a star. Luck plays a very important part in success and television. If you're lucky enough to wind up on a show that the people take the heart, then uh, you're set. Jonathan, the long running game show earned him five Daytime Emmy Awards and a lifetime achievement award for outstanding game show host from the Television Academy. Being nominated is nice. You don't get too excited about it. But I'll tell you something. If I were not nominated, I think I'd be disappointed. I'd be sad because you work hard. You do your best. You think you're doing quality work and you want to know that people recognize you for that. Jeopardy wasn't his only gig. The husband and father of three also hosted the National Geography Bee for 25 years, a city that is divided by a river of the same name. The talented host, became a U. S citizen in 1998 and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame the following year. Truly honored. I don't feel I deserve it. But there are a lot of other things in life that I had that I didn't deserve and I've enjoyed on. Suffered with. In the middle of Jeopardy's 18th season, Trebek made headlines when he shaved his signature mustache. He told Larry King it was all on a whim. I just walked into the makeup room and I said, Give me the hair Clippers and I just want took it right off just to see what it would look like on camera. The audience reacted pretty favorably when I went home, however, my wife and my two kids did not even notice. Family and fans both took notice when Trebek suffered through some health scares. There were two mild heart attacks, one in 2007 and another five years later. In 2017 surgeons remove blood clots from his brain and then, in 2019, this announcement to fans this week I was diagnosed with Stage four pancreatic cancer. Now, normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I'm going to fight this. Trebek often gave back to his community and was a strong supporter for charities such his world vision, the USO and the National Geographic Education Foundation. The affable host was grateful for his rich television career and kept it all in perspective. When I leave, somebody younger will be doing the show, and it'll carry on shows I have a life that is independent of their hosts. That doesn't mean that, uh, they won't miss the host, but they'll develop an allegiance to the new guy on, and that's the way it should be because it's a quality program. And even though the show must go on, Alex Trebek will be forever remembered as the irreplaceable host of Jeopardy.
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Jean Trebek shares rare photo of Alex Trebek on their wedding day

The couple celebrated 30 years of marriage in April.

Jean Trebek honored her late husband Alex Trebek on Instagram after he lost his yearlong battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer on Nov. 8. The beloved "Jeopardy!" host was 80 years old.On Wednesday, Jean shared a rare photo from the couple鈥檚 wedding day on April 30, 1990, and thanked fans for their support in the caption. 鈥淢y family and I sincerely thank you all for your compassionate messages and generosity,鈥� she said. 鈥淵our expressions have truly touched our hearts. Thank you so very, very much.鈥滷ans flooded the comments section with well wishes and memories of Alex. 鈥淭hank you for sharing Alex with the world so we could all love him!鈥� one person wrote.The duo first met when Jean moved to California in 1990. Despite their 24-year age gap, they quick fell for one another. Nearly 30 years later, Jean served as Alex鈥檚 caregiver as he underwent grueling chemotherapy treatments.Alex revered his wife, previously opening up about how much her love and care meant to him, calling her a 鈥渟aint鈥� in an interview with "Good Morning America.""She has so much goodness in her that she is always giving out, always putting out to help me get over difficult moments. And there have been some difficult moments. I鈥檓 just in awe of the way she handles it,鈥� he said.He also revealed to People in January 2019 that he wished he had more time with his wife, despite their decades spent together. 鈥淚鈥檓 pretty satisfied with my life,鈥� he said at the time. 鈥淏ut my wife Jean and I have been together almost 29 years, and I was thinking about President Bush when he died, and all the comments about his life about what a nice guy he is, and how he and his wife had been together 73 years. I thought, 'Oh my gosh 鈥� if I鈥檇 just met Jean in my 20s we could have had a longer life together.'鈥濃淚 guess if I鈥檇 met her when I was in my 20s she wouldn鈥檛 have been born yet. But hey, 29 years is pretty good!鈥� he joked.And they were together until his last moments. In a new interview with "Today," "Jeopardy!" executive producer Mike Richards said Alex had the peaceful last day of his dreams.鈥淗e had a swing in his backyard that he loved. He actually rebuilt it earlier this year. He was very handy. I don鈥檛 know if a lot of people know that,鈥� Richards said. 鈥淎nd even in his book, he described that he wanted his final day to be sitting on his swing next to his wife, Jean, and kind of watching the horizon. And he got to do that.鈥�

Jean Trebek honored her late husband Alex Trebek on Instagram after he lost his yearlong on Nov. 8. The beloved "Jeopardy!" host was 80 years old.

On Wednesday, from the couple鈥檚 wedding day on April 30, 1990, and thanked fans for their support in the caption. 鈥淢y family and I sincerely thank you all for your compassionate messages and generosity,鈥� she said. 鈥淵our expressions have truly touched our hearts. Thank you so very, very much.鈥�

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Fans flooded the comments section with well wishes and memories of Alex. 鈥淭hank you for sharing Alex with the world so we could all love him!鈥� one person wrote.

The duo first met when Jean moved to California in 1990. Despite their 24-year age gap, . Nearly 30 years later, Jean as he underwent grueling chemotherapy treatments.

Alex revered his wife, previously opening up about how much her love and care meant to him, calling her a 鈥渟aint鈥� in an interview with "."

"She has so much goodness in her that she is always giving out, always putting out to help me get over difficult moments. And there have been some difficult moments. I鈥檓 just in awe of the way she handles it,鈥� he said.

He also revealed to in January 2019 that he wished he had more time with his wife, despite their decades spent together. 鈥淚鈥檓 pretty satisfied with my life,鈥� he said at the time. 鈥淏ut my wife Jean and I have been together almost 29 years, and I was thinking about President Bush when he died, and all the comments about his life about what a nice guy he is, and how he and his wife had been together 73 years. I thought, 'Oh my gosh 鈥� if I鈥檇 just met Jean in my 20s we could have had a longer life together.'鈥�

鈥淚 guess if I鈥檇 met her when I was in my 20s she wouldn鈥檛 have been born yet. But hey, 29 years is pretty good!鈥� he joked.

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And they were together until his last moments. In a new interview with "," "Jeopardy!" executive producer Mike Richards said

鈥淗e had a swing in his backyard that he loved. He actually rebuilt it earlier this year. He was very handy. I don鈥檛 know if a lot of people know that,鈥� Richards said. 鈥淎nd even in , he described that he wanted his final day to be sitting on his swing next to his wife, Jean, and kind of watching the horizon. And he got to do that.鈥�