He hosted the hit game show for over 8,000 episodes and over 37 years.
Alex Trebek passed away on November 8 after a battle with cancer (viaThe New York Times).
In aninterview with CNN, Executive Producer ofJeopardy!Mike Richards spoke about Trebek’s dedication.
Richards said he “got chills” filming the last episode on which Trebek would ever appear.
And that’s why he kept driving himself to do it.
“He reveled in these intelligent people, in the contestants, in the writers.
He loved being surrounded by them,” he said.
He said even on the very last show, Trebek was on his game.
I mean, he reallywasthe show… it’s just who he was."
