We just heard the sad, albeit not unexpected, news of the
passing of Alex Trebek, who hosted more than 8,200 episodes of “Jeopardy!” over
37 seasons, the most by a presenter of any single TV game show. In March 2019,
Mr. Trebek revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. While
the show had been on hiatus due to the pandemic, it returned about six weeks
ago without a studio audience and with the contestants standing quite a bit
further apart on the redesigned set. We also noticed that nearly all of the
recent contestants have been from California, presumably a reflection of travel
difficulties and restrictions over these months. They have apparently recorded
enough episodes to go into December, although it will surely be strange to watch
these during the coming weeks.
And the Final Jeopardy question is…. who do we hope will
rest in peace?
Love,
Rebecca
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