Trebek also realized that others would tell their own versions of his life. He and his editor learned that an unauthorized biography, written by writer Lisa Rogak, was due to appear on July 21. Another “Danger!” A book on the history of the show will be published this fall. Trebek realized this might be his last chance to define his legacy: “I want you to hear it from me,” he said.
There are no shocking revelations in his memoirs, but there are a few surprises. Trebek swears a lot. He was as rebellious as a child that he was almost expelled from boarding school. He has a half brother that he did not know until he was 40 years old. In the early 1970s, he accidentally ate four or five potato chips at a party in Malibu, and woke up at the host’s house three days later. His favorite animal is the musk ox. His favorite drink is low-fat milk, or if he feels playful, something he doesn’t usually do lately, chardonnay.
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Trebek’s full name is George Alexander Trebek, but when he grew up in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, everyone called him Sonny, to distinguish him from his father, George Terebeychuk, who emigrated from Ukraine in the late 1920s and worked as a pastry chef. in a hotel kitchen.
As a child, Alex was a daredevil and a class clown, fighting with thugs, jumping off a balcony with a makeshift parachute, falling through the ice of a frozen river. He went to military college and dropped out, then attended the University of Ottawa, where he majored in philosophy and studied the teachings of Thomas Aquinas. While still in school, he got a job as a radio announcer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he worked for 12 years. In the early 1970s, he had his first big break on American television, as host of a game show, “The Wizard of Odds.”
For the next decade, he went through one concert from one game show after another. After “The Wizard of Odds” was canceled, it was replaced by “High Rollers”, also introduced by Trebek.
