Alex Trebek‘s final episodes of Jeopardy! are airing this week and producer Mike Richards has opened up about what fans can expect, and what they did see behind the scenes.
The longtime producer spoke to Today ahead of the first episode airing tonight, and revealed that Alex, who passed away at age 80 from his battle with pancreatic cancer in November, was actually in the hospital just a week before hosting the final episodes. “The week before we taped those episodes, he was in the hospital,” he shared. “This man was unbelievable.
He calls me and he said, ‘Mike, I’m going to be fine. I’ll be in to tape. I was able to eat Jello today.’” He continued, remembering telling Alex that that was great “‘but that doesn’t mean you’re going to be
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