Jeopardy Host Alex Trebek Announces Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
Mar 6, 2019, 3:15 PM | Updated: 3:41 pm
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Long-time host of the popular game show Jeopardy made a health announcement today after a diagnosis earlier this week.
“Now, just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,” he said in a video message posted to twitter. “Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working.”
A Message from Alex Trebek: pic.twitter.com/LbxcIyeTCF
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) March 6, 2019
Many took to social media to react to the news and send well-wishes to Trebek.
