Alex Trebek shocked the world with the news of his stage 4 pancreatic cancer on Wednesday, March 6, in a public announcement.
“Hi everyone, I have some news to share with all of you and it’s in keeping with my longtime policy of being open and transparent with our Jeopardy! fan base,”the 78-year-old said in the clip. “I also wanted to prevent you from reading or hearing some overblown or inaccurate reports regarding my health. So therefore, I wanted to be the one to pass along this information.”
“Now, just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,” Alex continued. “Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working. And with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease.”
Now that the iconic Jeopardy! host is fighting for his life, The National ENQUIRER dug up some of the game show’s host’s most shocking health issues over the years. Click through the gallery above for the crazy details!
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Alex suffered his first heart attack, a mild one, in 2007 when he was 67 years old.
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In June 2012, Alex suffered his second heart attack when Jeopardy! was on a hiatus. “I had been doing some work around the house with a heavy ladder. I just thought it was a muscle strain,” he once told Closer Weekly of the pain in this chest.
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Since the second one was also a mild heart attack, Alex quickly recovered from the scary incident and returned to the game show in July 2012.
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In 2011, Alex snapped his Achilles tendon and spent six weeks in a cast when he was 71 years old.
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The injury happened after Alex chased down a woman who broke into his and his wife's hotel room while they were sleeping in downtown San Francisco.
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Four years later in 2015, Alex underwent a knee replacement — and famously hosted Jeopardy! while sitting in a chair.
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The most intense health scare the TV personality ever faced was in 2017, nearly two years before he would reveal his cancer diagnosis.
Alex had blood clots on his brain following a scary fall in October 2017.
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Alex underwent emergency brain surgery for what they diagnosed as a subdural hematoma.
The award-winning game show was on pause until Alex fully recovered.
Alex suffered his first heart attack, a mild one, in 2007 when he was 67 years old.
Photo credit: Riccardo S. Savi/Getty Images
In June 2012, Alex suffered his second heart attack when Jeopardy! was on a hiatus. “I had been doing some work around the house with a heavy ladder. I just thought it was a muscle strain,” he once told Closer Weekly of the pain in this chest.
Photo credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
Since the second one was also a mild heart attack, Alex quickly recovered from the scary incident and returned to the game show in July 2012.
Photo credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
In 2011, Alex snapped his Achilles tendon and spent six weeks in a cast when he was 71 years old.
Photo credit: Allen Berezovsky/WireImage/Getty Images
The injury happened after Alex chased down a woman who broke into his and his wife's hotel room while they were sleeping in downtown San Francisco.
Photo credit: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images
Four years later in 2015, Alex underwent a knee replacement — and famously hosted Jeopardy! while sitting in a chair.
Photo credit: Amanda Edwards/WireImage/Getty Images
The most intense health scare the TV personality ever faced was in 2017, nearly two years before he would reveal his cancer diagnosis.
Alex had blood clots on his brain following a scary fall in October 2017.
Photo credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Alex underwent emergency brain surgery for what they diagnosed as a subdural hematoma.
The award-winning game show was on pause until Alex fully recovered.
Photo credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
