Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we ask the question – who is Alex Trebek’s daughter? The answer is today’s Daily Double, we are talking to Nicky Trebek, daughter of famed Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. Nicky and our host Josh grew up together on the same street in the 1970s, Josh with his Schwinn banana seat bike and Matchbox cars and Nicky with her skateboard and her ever present Leif Garrett posters spent quite a bit of time hanging out on a street with very few kids on it.. Their mothers were thick as thieves, as both Josh’s mom Edie Adams and Micky’s mom Elaine Trebek spent much of their time with Sacha Stallone, wife of Sylvester Stallone who was on the cusp of her infamous divorce from the Italian Stallion. We talk about those 70s years in the sun baked Los Angeles canyons as well as everything that followed. We get the lowdown on what motivated Alex Trebek to host Jeopardy! for an astounding 37 years, his off camera hobbies, his love of hockey, his friendship with fellow Canadians Eugene Levy and Hall of Fame goalie Rogie Vachon and his ideal time to be home for dinner after taping.
Nicky also tells us about her dads very public illness and his passing just 14 months from pancreatic cancer that is both beautiful and heartbreaking. It’s a first-hand look into both the professional and personal life of one of television’s most beloved figures – from Alex’s ideals and charitable side to his most ideal vacation spot. It was great to reconnect with Nicky all these years later and it’s a rare look inside at one of America’s best loved quiz shows and most importantly, one of America’s best loved quiz show hosts in Alex Trebek. This is Final Jeopardy! This is the Rarified Heir Podcast.
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Alex was a classy man watched in back in the day before jeopardy
Watched Jeopardy since i was little. Lots of times i got some correct. I’m now 68 and still watch it.