What is Alex Trebek?
{{Infobox person | name = Alex Trebek | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|size=100%}} | image = Alex Trebek 2012.jpg | caption = Trebek in May 2012 | birth_name = George Alexander Trebek | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|7|22|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]], Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|11|8|1940|07|22}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | party = [[Independent voter|Independent]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deseret.com/entertainment/2020/9/12/21432959/alex-trebek-jeopardy-new-season-cancer|title=Alex Trebek opens up about politics, swearing and cancer|date=September 12, 2020|website=Deseret News|first=Lottie Elizabeth|last=Johnson|accessdate=July 6, 2022}}</ref> | nationality = {{Unbulleted list|Canada|United States (from 1998)}} | alma_mater = [[University of Ottawa]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cbc.ca/amp/1.4423262|title=One on One with Markus - Alex Trebek|date=November 28, 2017|website=[[CBCS-FM|CBC Sudbury]]|accessdate=July 7, 2022}}</ref> | occupation = {{flatlist| * Television personality * game show host }} | known_for = Second host of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (1984-2020) | years_active = 1961-2020 | spouse = {{Unbulleted list|{{marriage|[[Elaine Trebek Kares|Elaine Howard]]|1974|1981|reason=div}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alex Trebek|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/alex-trebek/bio/211344|access-date=July 7, 2022|website=TV Guide|language=en}}</ref>|{{marriage|Jean Currivan|1990<!-- End year omitted under [[Template:Marriage]] -->}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schindehette|first1=Susan|title=Host of ABC's New Super Jeopardy!, Newlywed Alex Trebek Got the Answer Right With, 'Will You Marry Me?'|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20118325,00.html|access-date=July 7, 2022|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=July 30, 1990|archive-date=November 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119095257/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20118325,00.html|url-status=dead}}<