Jean Trebek Feels ‘Waves of Grief’ 6 Months After Alex Trebek’s Death Self 5/4/2021
It’s been about six months since longtime
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek passed away due to pancreatic cancer. And his wife, Jean Trebek, is feeling “waves of grief” after his death, she said in a new interview with
Alex first revealed that he had pancreatic cancer in March of 2019, and his earliest symptoms were actually visible to others. During a trip to Israel in December 2018, Jean noticed that Alex’s “coloring seemed off,” she wrote in an essay last year, likely referring to jaundice, a condition that causes a yellowing of the skin due to a high level of bilirubin in the body. He was also experiencing stomach pains, she wrote. After some medical tests, his doctor diagnosed him with stage IV pancreatic cancer and revealed that it had already spread to Alex’s stomach lining.
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, and asked her how she was doing.
“I think right now, talking with you, I’m good. You know? I’m good,” she explained. “[But] I absolutely have moments of waves of grief that just come over me. Still… really disbelief that he’s gone. I miss him a lot.”
They spent the rest of the interview talking about Alex’s impact and how deeply he cared about making a difference. That’s why Jean and the
Jeopardy! team chose to donate his hosting wardrobe to those in need, and why she recently dedicated a new homeless shelter in Los Angeles to him, which was partly funded by her family through the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, per
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