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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.