Alex Trebek is working on Jeopardy! again after finishing chemotherapy

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published 29 August 2019

I'll take an actual dose of good news for $1000.

Alex Trebek, fondly known as America's favorite quiz show host, announced Thursday he completed his chemotherapy treatments. He's now "on the mend" and back working on the 36th season of Jeopardy!, he said in a video message for the show's fans.

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Just about three months later, Trebek made another announcement: His cancer was in "near-remission," and that doctors "said they hadn't seen this kind of positive result in their memory." All of that treatment is now wrapped up, and a Jeopardy! spokesperson told CNN on Thursday that Trebek was now working on the show. Trebek never seemed to actually take a break from Jeopardy and filmed the end of Season 35 while undergoing cancer treatment, though as he told CBS News in May, he did it while wearing a very convincing wig.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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