Biography
Children
3
Awards(7)
Spouse(2)
Elaine Trebek KaresJean Trebek
Education(3)
Alex Trebek (* 22. July 1940 in Greater Sudbury; † 8. November 2020 in Los Angeles) was a canadian and American TV personality. He was 80 years old. He was married to Elaine Trebek Kares and Jean Trebek. He had 3 children. His education included University of Ottawa, Royal Military College of Canada and Sudbury Secondary School. He received 7 awards, including Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, Daytime Emmy Award. His cause of death was pancreatic cancer.
Life Events
14 Events1940
Born in Greater Sudbury, Ontario
1957
University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Science · until 1961
1974
Married Elaine Trebek Kares
until 1981
1989
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host
1990
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host
1990
Married Jean Trebek
until 2020
1996
Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
2003
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host
2006
Canada's Walk of Fame
2006
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host
2011
honorary doctor of Fordham University
2011
Lifetime Achievement Emmy
2017
Officer of the Order of Canada
2020