News ‘Jeopardy!’s Alex Trebek honors late contestant, a fellow pancreatic cancer patient November 5, 2019 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Jeopardy!’s Alex Trebek honors late contestant, a fellow pancreatic cancer patient "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is remembering a game show contestant who died from pancreatic cancer, the same disease Trebek is battling.