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Who is... the greatest game show host of all time?
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Answer: Alex Trebek. The legendary TV personality, who began hosting Jeopardy! in 1984, died Sunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80. Trebek started his TV career in the '70s, with hosting gigs on The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, and others before taking the podium at Jeopardy!. In his 45 years on the iconic trivia game show, he collected seven Emmys and set a new Guinness World Record for the most episodes of the same game show with the same host. Look back on Trebek's life in pictures, ahead.
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Alex Trebek on High Rollers in the 1970s
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Alex Trebek on The $128,000 Question in the late 1970s
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Alex Trebek and then-wife Elaine in 1976
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Alex Trebek on Jeopardy!
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Alex Trebek in 1988
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Alex Trebek on Classic Concentration in 1988
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Alex Trebek and John Ratzenberger on Cheers in 1990
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Alex Trebek signing copies of his 'The Jeopardy! Book' in 1990
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Alex Trebek on Jeopardy!
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Alex Trebek on To Tell the Truth in 1991
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Alex Trebek and Jay Leno on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1994
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Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek on The X-Files in 1996
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Alex Trebek in 1997
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Alex Trebek on Jeopardy!
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Alex Trebek getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999
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Pat Sajak, Vanna White, and Alex Trebek
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Harry Friedman, Robert Oswaks, Alex Trebek, and Ben Feingold
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Alex Trebek and Bob Barker
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Will Ferrell (as Alex Trebek) and Alex Trebek on Saturday Night Live in 2002
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Alex Trebek and Ken Jennings on Jeopardy! in 2004
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Alex Trebek and Carrie Underwood in 2005
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Ruta Lee, Debbie Reynolds, and Alex Trebek in 2006
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Alex Trebek backstage at the Daytime Emmys in 2006, where he was named Outstanding Game Show Host
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Alex Trebek and Keanu Reeves in 2009
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Nilai Sarda, Alex Trebek, and Tine Valencic at the National Geographic Bee in 2011
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Dick Cavett and Alex Trebek in 2013
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Alex Trebek and daughter Emily on The Talk in 2014
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Alex Trebek and wife Jean in 2014
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Joe Manganiello, Sofia Vergara, and Alex Trebek in 2014
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Alex Trebek and Ben Mankiewicz in 2015
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Alex Trebek on I Get That a Lot in 2015
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Alex Trebek and Andy Richter on Big Fan in 2017
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Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek at the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2017
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Alex Trebek at the 150th anniversary of Canada's Confederation in 2017
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Alex Trebek at an Ottawa Senators game in 2017
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Alex Trebek being inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2018
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Alex Trebek on Jeopardy!
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