Good Bye, Alex. We're Going To Miss You!

Yvonne G

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My very favorite TV personality, Alex Trebek, died this morning at his home. I feel like I've lost a member of my family. I know we all have to go sometime, and he was suffering with pancreatic cancer, but I'm just not ready for him to be gone.
 

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So sad, but Ken Jennings will do well on screen! No way close to Alex off screen what A Most Interesting Man!
 

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He was a trooper to the end. Will be missed and remembered.
 

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Oh, so sad. My kid watches jeopardy all the time even the old episodes on the internet.
 

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It was a surprise. I thought he was beating it.
My grandma died from that same cancer years ago. Sadly they havent come far with its treatments/cure rate.
It's an awful, awful cancer.
 

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It was a surprise. I thought he was beating it.
My grandma died from that same cancer years ago. Sadly they havent come far with its treatments/cure rate.
It's an awful, awful cancer.
Very sad. My mom passed away from pancreatic cancer almost a year ago (Dec.20, 2019), and you are right, it is an awful one ?.
 
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