By MADISON JUDSON
Staff Writer
Alex Trebek is now asked the question: will he survive this?
The Jeopardy host found out he has stage four pancreatic cancer on March 6.
Trebek broke the news via a video message on the Jeopardy YouTube channel the same day.
“Now, just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,” said Trebek in the video.
He claimed to post the video in order to keep the fans of Jeopardy from “reading or hearing some overblown or inaccurate reports” regarding his current health.
Although currently living in America, Trebek is a native Canadian from Sudbury, Ont., which many people don’t know. He became a naturalized American in 1998 and has been the host of Jeopardy for 35 years as of 2019.
Across Twitter and other social media, many people are devastated by the news that broke earlier this week.
“It’s just so sad,” said Mary Knezic, resident of Welland. “We lose too many good people in this world to cancer, it’s just terrible.”
Many are also sending their thoughts and prayers to Trebek and his family.
“He needs all the support and good thoughts that he can get right now,” said Port Colborne resident Jordan Caldwell.
Despite the severity of his diagnosis, Trebek is keeping up a positive attitude.
“Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working. And with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease,” said Trebek in the video.
Since the announcement, the Jeopardy Twitter page has thanked all the fans for “humbling and overwhelming” amount of well wishes and prayers.
Trebek finished his video message off strong with these words.
“So, help me. Keep the faith and we’ll win. We’ll get it done. Thank you."
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