Joseph
Georges Alexandre
(Alex)
"Alex"
Trebek
Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of George Edward Trebek
and Lucille (Lagacé) Trebek
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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Biography
Alex Trebek is Notable.
Alex Trebek was born in Ontario, Canada.
Joseph Georges Alexander Trebek AKA Alex Trebek was born on 22 July 1940 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada [1] and his parents were Lucille (Lagacé), a Franco-Ontarian and George Edward Trebek (né Terebeychuk), a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine as a child.
Alex grew up in a bilingual French-English household. His first job was when he was 13 as a bellhop at the hotel where his father worked as a chef.
He attended Sudbury High School (now Sudbury Secondary School). At university he was a member of the English Debating Society and was interested in a career in broadcast news. In 1961 he graduated from the University of Ottawa with a degree in philosophy.
Alex Trebek, OC was a Canadian-American television personality. He was the host of the syndicated game show "Jeopardy!" since it was revived in 1984 and was contracted to host until 2022. He also hosted a number of other game shows, including "The Wizard of Odds", "Double Dare, "High Rollers, Battlestars", "Classic Concentration" and "To Tell the Truth". He made appearances in numerous television series, usually portraying himself.
In 1998 he became a naturalized American citizen.
On 06 March 2019, he announced that he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.
He passed away on 08 Nov 2020 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA[2] and was cremated.
Sources
- ↑ Drouin collection for birth info
- ↑ The News-Messenger Fremont, Ohio 09 Nov 2020, Mon • Page A4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66717155/the-news-messenger
- "Nevada Marriage Index 1956-2005" on FamilySearch database (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVTX-46W : 20 Sep 2019) m: 1974 for George Alex Trebek and Elaine Howard Callei
- Wikipedia: Alex Trebek
- Canadian Encyclopedia entry for Alex Trebek
- Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Alex Trebek (22 Jul 1940–8 Nov 2020), Find A Grave: Memorial #218166392, ; Maintained by Find A Grave Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend.
- Le profile de Alex Trebek (#1517109) sur Nos Origines - Alex Trebek 's profile (#1517109) on Nos Origines
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