Alex and Jean Trebek.Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Images
Jean Trebekshared a special video to honor the one-year anniversary of husbandAlex Trebek’s death on Monday.
“My beloved husband passed away one year ago… one of his final messages was that of the importance of having compassion for each other,” she captioned herInstagrampost. “In honor of Alex’s beautiful and powerful life, please take a moment to watch this short video.”
“Sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it?” he adds.
After the video concludes, the organization reveals that education technology company EVERFI will be providing an additional 100 elementary schools with access to the Compassion Project in honor of Trebek.
Trebek’s daughterNickyalso posted a tribute to her dad onInstagramMonday, sharing a picture of a candle flame.
“I see you in the subtle,” she wrote. “I miss you in the moments #dad 7/22/40 ~ 11/8/20.”
Ken Jennings, aJeopardy!champion and one of the manyguest hostswho took over at the podium following Trebek’s death, filmed a video in honor of the one-year anniversary.
“I miss Alex a lot,” Jennings, 47, begins in the video, posted on the officialJeopardy!social media pages. “When I’m in here I feel like he’s probably in the building somewhere. It’s hard not to talk about him in the present tense.”
He then opens up about receiving a special gift from Jean ahead of his guest-hosting stint in January.
“The first day I came in to guest host was just a few weeks after Alex passed and it was a really rough time,” he said. “I got to the studio and one of the producers handed me a little box, and Alex’s wife Jean had given me a pair of his cufflinks that he had worn on the show. What a lovely gesture that was from Jean — at a time that was very hard for her family, dealing with a lot of grief and a lot of challenges.”
“She thought aboutJeopardy!and she thought about me, a person she had never even met, and I just thought, what a lovely thing to do. She’s fantastic,” Jennings concluded. “My Alex Trebek cufflinks are the only cufflinks I own — they’re kind of a good luck charm for me here.”
Jennings andBig Bang TheoryalumMayim Bialikare currently hostingJeopardy!through the end of 2021 while the show continues to search for a permanent host. Bialik also posted for Trebek’s anniversary on Monday, sharing a message alongside an old photo of him.
“Remembering the passing of the great Alex Trebek a year ago today,” the actress and neuroscientistwrote. “Alex was a legendary entertainer, philanthropist, and lover of life. We miss you, Alex.”
source: people.com
