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Alex Trebek on Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I Am Going to Fight This’
March 6, 2019
Alex Trebek announced that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The “Jeopardy!” host shared the news on the show’s YouTube channel. "Normally the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I am going to fight this and keep working," Trebek said. Patrick Swayze, Steve Jobs and Luciano Pavarotti all died from the disease. The Canadian-born Trebek has hosted “Jeopardy!” for 35 years.