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The 79-year-old, who lives in Los Angeles and turns 80 on Wednesday, announced his cancer diagnosis in March 2019 and has continued to work on B次元官网网址淛eopardy!B次元官网网址� throughout his treatment.
His new memoir looks back on his life and career, and gives up-to-date reflections on his health, the world, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The ever-poised quiz-show legend has kept viewers updated on his cancer treatment with social-media videos in which heB次元官网网址檚 often on the B次元官网网址淛eopardy!B次元官网网址� set wearing a suit and speaking in a positive tone.
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Trebek, who is usually private about his personal life, writes about his vulnerable moments and the toll cancer has taken on his body.
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Trebek writes about getting his affairs in order and talking to his doctor about hospice care.
As for retirement, he says he knows there will come a time when he wonB次元官网网址檛 be able to host as well as the job demands.
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B次元官网网址淭he Answer IsB次元官网网址eflections on My LifeB次元官网网址� (Simon & Schuster) also has photos of Trebek as it runs down his upbringing with his younger sister Barbara and parents George Edward Terebeychuk and Lucille Lagace.
His father was a Ukrainian immigrant and chef at a hotel, and his French-Canadian mother tended the house and spent about a year and a half in a sanatorium being treated for tuberculosis. They eventually separated.
During and after his philosophy studies at the University of Ottawa, Trebek started announcing and hosting for CBC radio and TV, on programs including B次元官网网址淢usic HopB次元官网网址� and the quiz show B次元官网网址淩each for the Top.B次元官网网址�
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Trebek made his debut as B次元官网网址淛eopardy!B次元官网网址� host in 1984 and has become a mainstay for weekday family viewing and a beloved figure in pop-culture, inspiring several impersonations of him that he addresses in the book.
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Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press
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