We’ve never been so happy to see a 79-year-old man go back to work. Three months after announcing that his pancreatic cancer was in “near remission,” longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is back and busy taping episodes of the show, as THR reports. Humbly sandwiched in the middle of a YouTube video announcing the show’s upcoming 36th season, Trebek addresses those who have followed his battle with the disease, saying: “I’ve gone through a lot of chemotherapy, and thankfully that is now over. I’m on the mend, and that’s all I can hope for right now.”
That’s quite a stoic statement, considering Trebek was diagnosed with stage 4 of the disease—which, according to the American Cancer Society, has a sobering 3 percent survival rate over five years. But what else would one expect from a man who, when interviewed by the CBC in May, shrugged off the (extremely painful) stomach spasms he said he had experienced on the Jeopardy! set, saying simply, “I’m Canadian?”
Jeopardy! season 36 will begin airing next month.
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I’ll take “Fuck Cancer” for $1,000 please.
For real though, great news.
“F” Cancer…that should SO be a category this season.
Why not? Charity tournament, lets do it Jeopardy!
What is “the best news you’ll hear all day”?
Cancer: Boo Hiss.Great to hear.
Somewhere, Sean Connery shakes his fist in anger…
I’m surprised I’m emotionally invested in this but I hope he has a long life and keeps doing Jeopardy! as long as he wants to. The guy’s an institution.
I go to bar trivia with some work pals most weeks, and we were talking about Jeopardy! the other night and wondering how Alex was doing. I’m glad to hear he’s responded well to the treatment! It’s hard to imagine the show without him.
What was the chemo cocktail the Trebek used? Enquiring minds want to know!
I mean, it helps to have lotsa money, but I’m very happy he’s doing well.
He just trashed cancer like Wolf Blitzer that one time. Hurah.
One word: GUTS
Suck it cancer! Suck it hard, suck it long