# Alex Trebek dead at 80

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-dead-at-80/925075>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death, reality-or-game-show\
**Created:** [March 6, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-dead-at-80/925075 "2019-03-06T22:38:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-dead-at-80/925075/13 "2019-03-07T00:30:31Z")

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> [@RIP Alex Trebek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alex-trebek/925067/20):
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> [Story](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/longtime-jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-reveals-he-has-stage-4-n980266).
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> 6-12 months to live is a typical diagnosis. He wants to finish out the current Jeopardy season.
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> [A message from Alex Trebek](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cInGyxCY9k)

Something strange going on with the closed captions to that YouTube video.

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