Alex Trebek was committed to his task as much as the really last minute.
The star acted as the host of “Jeopardy!” for more than thirty years however he passed away from pancreatic cancer in November at the age of 80.
As is common for television, Trebek shot a number of episodes of “Jeopardy!” beforehand, leaving the program with material including Trebek at the helm for a time after his death.
The program’s last episodes including Trebek will air today prior to champ Ken Jennings takes over as interim host.
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Ahead of the last week of Trebek-starring episodes, “Jeopardy!” executive manufacturer Mike Richards appeared on the “Today” program and provided appreciation for his late associate.
Alex Trebek’s last episodes of ‘Jeopardy!’ will air today. (Picture by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images).
” He was an outright warrior,” gushed Richards. “What he had the ability to do by getting himself back to the set to tape those last episodes … was Herculean.”
The last episodes were taped 11 days after Trebek went through surgical treatment, and simply 10 days prior to he passed away.
Richards stated that when taping, the star “remained in massive discomfort,” however made sure that fans will not detect any of that.
” He is strong, he sounds fantastic, he’s amusing and he was incredible,” the executive said.
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It was likewise exposed that Richards had actually encouraged Trebek versus recording the episodes since he wasn’t feeling well. The star, nevertheless, firmly insisted.
” The week prior to we taped those episodes, he remained in the healthcare facility– this male boggled the mind– he calls me and he states ‘Mike, I’m gon na be great, I’ll remain in to tape, I had the ability to consume Jell-o today,'” remembered the manufacturer. “And I went: ‘ Alex, that’s fantastic however that does not indicate you’re going to be prepared to host 5 episodes of a video game program,’ which is a huge quantity of effort.”
” Do not cancel, I will exist,” Trebek informed Richards.
Richards likewise exposed that Trebek provided an unique message on set that nobody was anticipating.
” He comes out and offers this definitely incredible speech about the difficult times that we remain in and the value people as a nation, as a neighborhood, mankind, coming together and being there for each other,” he stated.
Richards confessed that he and the team “had chills” after hearing the star’s message.
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” There specify minutes in ‘Jeopardy!’ when you clap and after that there are minutes when you’re peaceful– generally in his monologue, he would come out, provide a declaration and after that go to the classifications,” the Hollywood executive discussed. “There’s not many individuals in the studio since of COVID and all of us burst into applause. You do not see it on cam, however as he’s going to the classifications, he sees us begin to praise and he kinda takes a look at us [like] ‘What are you people doing?’ and we were so moved that we needed to praise.”
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No long-term follower has actually been called and while Richards discussed that Trebek had actually “pointed out a number of names,” he mainly “wished to avoid of that” procedure.
