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Which he did,for a while.
That is more life than a lot of people with advanced pancreatic cancer get.
Trebek literally had all the answers at his fingertips.
The people who compete onJeopardy!are almost unfailingly knowledgeable, intelligent individuals, otherwise they wouldnt be there.
Its the kind of comfort that some derive from religion.
Trebek was uniquely suited to preside over this week-nightly ritual rooted in a belief in knowledge and truth.
He spoke in articulate and measured tones.
He always dressed in a proper suit and tie.
(There is no casual Friday onJeopardy!)
Losers, in other words, Trebek responded.
But Trebek was a much warmer figure than Ferrells version suggested.
But that last quality was all the more valuable at a time when reality has felt increasingly manipulated.
Trebek himself alluded to this inan interview for this magazine, conducted by David Marchese in 2018.
How would President Trump do onJeopardy!?
Trebeks response: He might not agree that any of the correct responses are correct.
I said, Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Im not ultraliberal either.
I told Sean Hannity once: Im a social liberal and a fiscal conservative.
I want to help people, but Im not necessarily eager to pay for it.
He [Hannity] got really pissed at me for that.
It was as if I had said something that goes against everything he believes.
Having knowledge makes you better able to understand the world in which we live.
Trebek obviously had no control over the timing of his death.
