What a great message. I can’t remember Jeopardy without Alex. I have a lot of respect for him. Hope he beats the odds.Announces he has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. I'll take "You can do this, Alex" for $2000.
Dating myself, I remember Art Fleming. Back when there was someone behind the board pulling up the cardboard $25 (yes - $25) that covered the 'answer'.What a great message. I can’t remember Jeopardy without Alex. I have a lot of respect for him. Hope he beats the odds.
What a great message. I can’t remember Jeopardy without Alex. I have a lot of respect for him. Hope he beats the odds.
Dating myself, I remember Art Fleming. Back when there was someone behind the board pulling up the cardboard $25 (yes - $25) that covered the 'answer'.
But Alex did so much to promote not only the show itself, but his charitable work (education-related) is admirable.
Agreed, Tomcat - I hope he beats the odds. He's one of the good guys.
It amazes me the strength some people have in the face of the inevitable. My mother was one, she had the same attitude. Bravest people I know. Me, I’m sure I would be a sniveling ball of goo in the same circumstance. I hope to walk out in front of a truck and call it a day, or life.Alex Trebek says his pancreatic cancer may mean the end of his time at 'Jeopardy!'
After months of battling pancreatic cancer, Alex Trebek hinted in an interview that his long tenure as host of "Jeopardy!" may be nearing an end.www.cnn.com
But Trebek is facing his diagnosis head on, saying he is not afraid of death.
"The thought of the pancreatic cancer does not frighten me," he told LaFlamme. "I'm 79 years old. So, hey, I've lived a good life, a full life, and I'm nearing the end of that life. I know that."
It amazes me the strength some people have in the face of the inevitable. My mother was one, she had the same attitude. Bravest people I know. Me, I’m sure I would be a sniveling ball of goo in the same circumstance. I hope to walk out in front of a truck and call it a day, or life.
He will.I don't know you personally, but I do hope when you go, you go with grace and knowing that you have loved and been loved in return.
My mother for whom I was a caregiver, announced one afternoon as I was leaving that she would be dying that night. Had never said anything like that before. She did.It amazes me the strength some people have in the face of the inevitable. My mother was one, she had the same attitude. Bravest people I know. Me, I’m sure I would be a sniveling ball of goo in the same circumstance. I hope to walk out in front of a truck and call it a day, or life.
WowMy mother for whom I was a caregiver, announced one afternoon as I was leaving that she would be dying that night. Had never said anything like that before. She did.