The pandemic has put production Danger! on hold, but Alex Trebek says he will continue to host as long as he can.
As his long-running trivia show turns to re-air old episodes after he depletes his supply of pre-coronavirus recordings, the beloved TV presenter has talked to the New York Times about your treatment for stage IV pancreatic cancer and how it will affect your future with Danger!
“It is a quality program, and I think I do a good job as a host, and when it starts to slip, I will stop organizing it,” said Trebek, who assured fans earlier in the week that he is “fine” as treatment continues. .
Having celebrated a year’s survival from his diagnosis in March, something only 18 percent of people do with his diagnosis, the Canadian-American presenter now awaits two major new milestones: his 80th birthday, July 22. , and the July 21 publication. of his memories, The answer is …: reflections on my life.
While Trebek said to the Times than to record some new images to accompany the Danger! the replays helped me “regain my strength”, calling back to the camera as “a kind of elixir”, he was frank about the low points he faces as a cancer patient. Despite beating the odds and reaching the one-year mark after diagnosis, Trebek’s prognosis is now less hopeful. If your current treatment doesn’t work, it will stop.
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Ken Jennings, perhaps the most famous of all “Jeopardy” contestants, won 74 games in a row in 2004. In his opening career, Jennings won $ 2.52 million.
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He made even more money on other “Jeopardy” appearances, and trips to other game shows like “Are you smarter than a fifth grader?” and “Grand Slam”. In total, Jennings earned $ 3,923,414 on game shows.
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Jennings says the biggest luxury his earnings allowed him was spending more time with his wife and two children. He was also able to move from Utah to Seattle and buy a home.
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On her blog, Jennings said she dealt with the three essential T’s after winning: “taxes, tithes, and panoramic TV.” Jennings is a Mormon and the Church of Latter-day Saints requires Mormons to give the church 10% of their annual income in tithes.
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Jennings says that most of the money from his game show is invested in stocks, bonds and real estate. “I don’t want to be one of these lottery winners you see bankrupt on TV a few years later, since I’ve lost everything,” he writes on his blog.
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The “Danger” champion has also donated some money and plans to contribute more to educational causes. Jokingly, he warned fans to refrain from asking him to pay off his student loans.
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“I kept my programming job going until the end of my ‘Danger’ streak,” Jennings wrote on his blog. After becoming a nerdy icon, Jennings got a book deal and is the author of several books. He is now “an almost full-time freelance writer.”
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Before Jennings, Brad Rutter was the highest earning champion in “Jeopardy”. Rutter’s initial career was only five episodes because the show had a maximum limit of five games when he arrived on set in 2000.
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Despite playing fewer games than Jennings, Rutter has earned more “Jeopardy” money, more than $ 3,450,000 from all his appearances. Rutter defeated Jennings in three tournaments and has never lost to a human, but he did see the defeat of IBM’s Watson computer in 2011.
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During an in-game interview about the Battle of the Decades tournament, Rutter said he was going to buy a new Porsche with his winnings, but then said host Alex Trebek convinced him otherwise. “I had to curb the Porsche plan because Alex expressly prohibited me from buying one at the farewell party and I know which way to spread the bread on butter,” said Rutter. He said he would buy a car and go on vacation to Paris.
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Rutter also updated her wardrobe. “I was 22 years old when I was on the show for the first time, so I was still wearing clothes my parents had bought for me to go to funerals and things like that,” Rutter told Vanity Fair. “The first time I thought about buying my own clothes was the first time I had money to do so.”
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Rutter has donated at least $ 100,000 to the Lancaster County Community Foundation and delivered to the library in his hometown of Pennsylvania. He now lives in Los Angeles and pursues an acting career.
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Rutter told AOL that he can continue acting without taking a side job like most struggling artists. She said she finally bought a Porsche and then had her father, a financial advisor, follow a conservative investment strategy with the rest of her earnings.
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Julia Collins’ 20-game winning streak is the second longest in “Jeopardy” history and her $ 428,100 pot is the most any woman has won on the show. Collins was 31 years old and unemployed when he was a contestant.
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Collins said he made a month-long trip to Paris and spent a week in London just after winning. The Wellesley and MIT graduate said her previous job as a consultant was lucrative and she was able to pay off her student loans before appearing in “Danger” because she lived at home with her parents and kept her expenses low.
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After hiring a tax professional, he said he would likely invest in index and mutual funds with his six-figure award.
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Collins founded Girls Like You and Me, a nonprofit organization, and is CEO.
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Austin Rogers became a huge phenomenon in 2017 with his wild hair and wild antics in “Jeopardy”. The New York City bartender won 12 games and $ 411,000.
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“I have no real need for that much money,” Rogers told USA Today. “I live a happy life, I have a nice apartment, I don’t have a girlfriend that I need to spend money on right now, I don’t like elegant clothes, I don’t have a car.”
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During the Tournament of Champions, Rogers outlined plans to drive around the world in an old car. To get started, Rogers promised to buy a 1991 Mercedes-Benz truck. One estimate estimates his gas bill at $ 4,000.
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“I am going to drive through Mexico and the like, I will take it around the Darien Gap, I will go down the Andes, I will send it to South Africa, I will go through central Africa, to Gibraltar, from Gibraltar to Gibraltar. Vladivostok, pass for India, send it from India to Perth, from Perth to Sydney, from Sydney to Anchorage, from Anchorage to New York, “Rogers told Trebek.
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Rogers said he is not a big spender and that he will probably save his profits. He also says that since his appearance on “Jeopardy” his work has never been more lucrative because fans flock to his bar and leave big tips.
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Rogers said he bought a $ 1,000 phone with his winnings, but unfortunately he still can’t afford to buy a home in his hometown of Westchester.
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Arthur Chu’s unconventional style sparked a heated debate among “Jeopardy” fans in 2014 when he won 11 games and nearly $ 300,000.
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Chu told MONEY that the cash prize provided him with the valuable good of time. “Being able to live a life basically like the one I have now, but having that free time, that is worth more than any car or cruise ship,” Chu said.
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Before appearing on the show, Chu had been a voice artist and insurance analyst, but now works as a writer for The Daily Beast and Salon.
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Chu removed her glasses after “Jeopardy” because she underwent free LASIK surgery in exchange for her celebrity recognition.
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Chu was known as a risk-seeking player, but claimed to be a risk-averse investor before winning in “Jeopardy”. He said he has been more aggressive with his investments, but he still uses Vanguard and puts his money in index funds.
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“Yesterday morning, my wife came to me and said, ‘How are you feeling?’ And I said, ‘I feel like I want to die.’ It was so bad, “she said.” There comes a time when you have to make a decision about whether you want to continue with such a low quality of life, or
In fact, his colleagues in Danger! He has witnessed his health problems, including a time when his pain was so intense that Trebek sobbed from his dressing room floor and then recorded five episodes.
“Once I present him on that stage, he is Alex Trebek”, a long time Danger! broadcaster Johnny Gilbert told the Times. “It shows that that’s what she’s living for.”
