In a poignant interview with the New York Times, “Jeopardy” presenter Alex Trebek revealed that he may be close to giving up his fight against pancreatic cancer and 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 if you just want to go to the next level. It doesn’t bother me in the least. “
The host of the popular 79-year-old game show initially announced that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of cancer, in March 2019. Earlier this year, he gave faith-filled hope and hope. upgrade to your condition, but it looks like things may have gotten worse. According to the Times, if your current chemotherapy course is unsuccessful, you plan to stop all treatment.
“Jeopardy” stopped filming new episodes in March 2020 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic; however, the show had been filming five episodes a day, two days a week, according to normal hours, so the show’s producers had many old episodes on the air for a while. They have apparently sold out, so the show’s producers moved a studio to Trebek’s home in Los Angeles to record new introductions to the old favorite episodes of the long-running show.
And although Trebek described his current condition as one of regular pain, he told his wife after a recent fight that “I feel like I want to die,” he said filming episodes of the show helps him feel better. Trebek said: “Interestingly, when we started recording, I suddenly started to regain my strength. It’s the strangest thing. It’s kind of an elixir.”
Trebek says he will continue to do production work on the show as long as he feels he can do it at a high level. She is concerned that since her illness came, she has been dragging out the pronunciation of some of the clues. “It is a quality program, and I think I do a good job of hosting, and when it starts to slip, I will stop hosting.”
Due to his age and condition, Trebek has been quarantined at his home with his wife, Jean, since the coronavirus outbreak began.
