Alex Trebek Suffers Heart Attack

Published: December 11, 2007, 3:14 pm

Tags: television, game shows, alex trebek

(via AP) Longtime "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek, 67, was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center late Monday night and was expected to remain there about two days for tests and observation, said show spokesman Jeff Ritter."Thankfully it was a minor heart attack," Ritter said. He did not give other details.A post on the official "Jeopardy!" Web site said Alex Trebek was "resting comfortably in a Los Angeles hospital, and he will be back in the studio for the next scheduled tapings in January." His heart attack was first reported by "Entertainment Tonight."The Canadian-born Alex Trebek has hosted the syndicated show since 1984. He has won several daytime Emmy Awards for his work and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Alex Trebek escaped a car crash unhurt in 2004 when he fell asleep at the wheel, sideswiped a string of mailboxes and wound up in a ditch, according to the California Highway Patrol.

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