Alex Trebek
In March 2019, Trebek announced that he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. He died from the disease  more than a year and a half later on November 8, 2020 in Los Angeles, aged 80. The same disease previously affected his predecessor on Jeopardy!, Art Fleming, 25 years earlier. He had been contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022.