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# A Man Who Should Rest in Love and Peace
- URL: https://www.gofugyourself.com/a-man-who-should-rest-in-love-and-peace-11-2020/
- Published: 2020-11-09T21:00:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T11:56:04.000Z
- Description: "Who is 'Alex Trebek'?"
- Author: Heather
- Tags: Featured, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:15, #ImagesUploaded

Well, we knew it would happen, we knew he was ailing, but it didn't make the hammer to the gut any easier: Alex Trebek died yesterday, a bare 10 days after filming what turned out to be his last *Jeopardy!* episode (which will reportedly air on Christmas Day). It didn't sound like they planned for that to be his swan song, [but the executive producer said he'd had surgery and they knew he was in pain](https://etcanada.com/news/711285/alex-trebeks-final-jeopardy-episode-will-be-shown-on-christmas-day/?ref=gofugyourself.com), and that he delivered a little speech about togetherness atop his last half-hour that gave them all chills. Whether he sensed it was the end, or not, it sounds like perhaps a break for rest and recovery turned tragic very quickly.

In July, [we did a slideshow in honor of his 80th birthday](https://www.gofugyourself.com/alex-trebek-turned-80-yesterday-07-2020/), which brought a lot of people joy. Please do revisit that, either via that link, or at the end of this post, where I will embed the gallery so we can see his face. Many of you may have shared your memories there of Trebek (we have Fug Nationals who've been on *Jeopardy!*) or just of your love of the show itself, but one can never mark a person's legacy too many times. So feel free to talk it up in the comments here, too. Don't worry about repeating yourself. Your stories are worth telling more than once.

If I could dub thee Sir Alex Trebek, I would, good sir. As it stands I will simply raise a potent potable in your honor.

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