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Alex Trebek has announced that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. At any stage pancreatic cancer is a remorseless killer, but stage 4 means the disease has spread to other parts of the body. As the linked story accurately but grimly notes, at this point the disease is incurable. The median survival time is two to six months.
I wish there was something I could write to make this entry less of a mortality notice. I can only quote Pat Sajak's reaction...
The Sajak family is deeply saddened to hear of Alex Trebek's struggle with cancer. Our hearts go out to him and his family. But there is no one I know who is stronger and more determined, and I would never bet against him. We, and the entire country, are pulling for you, Alex.
News like this makes everything else in the game show world seem trivial. Best wishes to Alex and many thanks for his great work in our genre over the decades.
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