It’s so rare that a celebrity death is felt around the world as deeply and as strongly as the world felt the passing of longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. Trebek died at the age of 80 earlier this week after being diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in 2019.
Now, fans are calling for another beloved TV show host to replace him.
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Alex had been the host of *Jeopardy!* for 37 years.
As the times changed, Alex’s warm and gentle presence on the show every night was a constant in all of our lives.
Saying he will be missed is an understatement.
Now, fans are speculating on who will replace the beloved TV host.
A petition for The Reading Rainbow ‘s LeVar Burton to take the Jeopardy! hosting gig is already at over 60 thousand signatures.
“Between hosting 21 seasons of the educational Reading Rainbow, playing the brainiac engineer Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: the Next Generation , and filling the roll of Kunta Kinte in the ever-important mini-series Roots , LeVar Burton has inspired and shaped the minds of several generations of trivia-loving nerds,” the petition reads.
“This petition is to show Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and producers Mike Richards and Harry Friedman just how much love the public has for Burton, and how much we’d all love to see him as the next host of Jeopardy!”
LeVar seems flattered by the petition, even personally retweeting it!
What do you think of the idea? Let us know in the comments below.
Last Updated on November 13, 2020 by Anastasia Ross
