What is Art Fleming?
{{Infobox person | name = Art Fleming | image = Art_Fleming_in_1970.png | caption = Fleming in August 1970 | birthname = Arthur Fleming Fazzin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|5|1}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|4|25|1924|5|1}} | death_place = [[Crystal River, Florida|Crystal River]], [[Florida]], [[United States|U.S.]] | occupation = {{Hlist|Television host|radio host|actor}} | yearsactive = 1949–1992 | spouse(s) = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Peggy Ann Ellis|1969|1974|end = divorced}}|{{marriage|Becky Weaver|1977}}}} }} '''Arthur Fleming Fazzin''' (May 1, 1924-April 25, 1995) was an [[Americans|American]] [[television presenter|television host]]. He is best known as the original host of the [[game show]] ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' from 1964 until 1975 and again from 1978 to 1979. ==Biography== He was born in [[New York City]] to William and Marie Fazzin, who had [[emigrate]]d to the [[United States]] from [[Austria]]. Art studied at [[Colgate University|Colgate]] and [[Cornell University|Cornell]] Universities, and he later served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Fleming first appeared on television as a [[body double]] for [[Ralph Bellamy]] in a [[detective]] [[television series|series]] called ''[[Man Against Crime]]''. He later starred in [[movie]]s like ''[[The Flying Tigers]]'' and ''[[International Detective]]''. He also played a [[lawyer]] named Jeremy Pitt in an [[NBC]] series called ''[[The Californians]]''. It was set during the [[gold rush]] in [[San Francisco]] in the 1850s. He also appeared in television [[advertisement|commercials]] before becoming the first host of the [[game show]] ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' on March 30, 1964. Fleming hosted ''Jeopardy!'' until 1975. He won two [[Emmy Award]]s for that [[television programme|program]]. Fleming died after a two week battle with [[pancreatic cancer]] on April 25, 1995, just six days before turning 71. The same disease would l