Question: Beloved game show host born this day in 1940. Answer: Who isAlex Trebek?
To celebrate his 79th birthday on Monday, theJeopardy!host rang in his special day at a bash alongside family and friends.
And fans readily complied.
“HBD to the 🐐! 💗” one fan said, with the goat emoji referencing the “greatest of all time” phrase.
“Alex!! You are an institution! I’ve been watching you host Jeopardy since I was a toddler. Many happy returns, thank you for enriching all of our lives,” another fan said in a touching comment.
“I wish nothing but health and happiness for you Mr Trebek! Thank you for all of the love you give us through your fascinating show. Lots of love and happy birthday!” added another.
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The longtime game show host credited well wishes from fans as part of his healing process.
“I’ve got a couple million people out there who have expressed their good thoughts, their positive energy directed towards me and their prayers,” he said at the time. “I told the doctors, this has to be more than just the chemo, and they agreed it could very well be an important part of this.”
“I’ve got a lot of love out there headed in my direction and a lot of prayer, and I will never ever minimize the value of that,” he added.
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Alex Trebek’s birthday party.Alex Trebeck/Instagram
“Hi everyone, I just wanna take a few moments to say thanks to the — believe it or not — hundreds of thousands of people who have sent in tweets, texts, emails, cards, and letters wishing me well following my recent health announcement,” he said in a video shared onJeopardy‘sTwittershortly after announcing his diagnosis.
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“I’ve heard from former contestants — even Watson, the IBM computer sent me a get well card!” he added.
“I’m a lucky guy,” he concluded, along with the caption, “Thank you.”
source: people.com
