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WRESTLEMANIA CELEBRITY ALEX TREBEK PASSES AWAY

By Mike Johnson on 2020-11-08 12:37:00

PWInsider.com is sad to pass on that Alex Trebek, the longtime and beloved host of television game show Jeopardy passed away this morning following a long battle with pancreatic cancer at 80 years old.

Trebek appeared as a celebrity guest star at WrestleMania 7 in March 1991 in Los Angeles, working as a ring announcer for the main event, which saw Hulk Hogan defeat Sgt. Slaughter.   Trebek also conducted backstage interviews at the show and appeared in vignette segments to promote the Pay-Per-View.

Everyone at PWInsider.com sends our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family, friends and fans of Alex Trebek truly a wonderful television personality.

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