The Canadian-American TV host died in November 2020. year between the age of 80 after the public battle with the pancreas cancer.

Ken Jennings made a secret that a large scientific fiction fan, which is why he attended the TCM Classical Film Festival in the Open Night Show Star Wars: Empire is given 24. April. He said at the event People magazine About how "tricky" was to enter the shoes of the late hosts.

"It was very tricky after Alex passed, because, of course, we were all missing," he explained. "No one saw anyone else's endangering stay for almost 40 years. There was accurate adjustment, and I didn't want to be there."

"I wanted Alex - it's like my boyfriend, but luckily I saw him enough host that I had my internal feeling what would do here, and that's really just that," he continued. "And for a few years, I got enough repetition to feel a little more comfortable outside."

Jennings then asked if he would transfer something and make a different way of how Alex Trebek did it. However, he said that the manufacturers follow "very narrow format" and noted to serve "traditional-promotan audiences" and "audiences of change" that would not like to not mess with the way they do not confuse.

"So I don't think anyone suddenly wants ... What about that?" Jennings "?"? He wed. "I think it works Ryan (SeaCrest) Wheel (of happiness) So, so there is unlikely that there will be big changes in my watch, "he added." I'm a fan first of all. I want to see Hazard I grew up. "

The show format can probably change, and one tradition of the locker room seems to inherited from Alex Trebek. Jennings explained that Alex was a big old film fan, so Trebek always had TCM (Classic Classic movies) in the locker room before the show.

"From my childhood, and that's part of our Jeopardy! Tradition Since Alex always had a TCM in the locker room, and that is something I am happy to take, "Jennings discovered, noting that he" absolutely "and the bolt of old films, just like Trebek.

Alex Trebek revealed that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019. year and passed away next year. 8. November 2024, the fourth anniversary of his death, Jennings took Instagram Share the sweet memory of the late host.

"Today, in the anniversary of his passage, I've been thinking a lot about the last time I ever came to watch him host," he shared. "It was a little before the pandemic, and he announced a diagnosis of cancer, and he actually asked if I would come to Backstage. And I was a little worried about this. I've never been to his wardrobe, as a competitor."

"He didn't feel great that day," he continued. "He would often look fantastic as he exposed the exhibition, but he was not in the best acceleration of shape, but I was warmly greeted me and asked how he did it, and I really touched on how emotional from the outburst of love Hazard Fans. "