[url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/zhores-alferov-nobel-winning-soviet-physicist-whose-work-led-to-dvds-and-cellphones-dead-at]ZHORES ALFEROV, NOBEL-WINNING SOVIET PHYSICIST WHOSE WORK LED TO DVDS AND CELLPHONES, DEAD AT 88[/url][quote]Our purpose was both great and bright

no more the dark! Let there be light!

So to release eternal light

we did the work all day and night.

And when we could neither work nor think

we had the Russian vodka drink...[/quote]

Luke Perry

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Not an entry in the RIP thread, rather a plea to not appear in it for a while yet - read yesterday that longtime [url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/jeopardy-alex-trebek-pancreatic-cancer-1203156773/]‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer[/url].

Just got done watching the first Team Tournament of Champions last Tuesday night, that ToC was a weeklong affair, and he seemed perfectly fine, for whatever that's worth in the context of "the magic of television".

[QUOTE=ewmayer;510353]Just got done watching the first Team Tournament of Champions last Tuesday night, that ToC was a weeklong affair, and he seemed perfectly fine, for whatever that's worth in the context of "the magic of television".[/QUOTE]The All Star games were taped a while back. Jeopardy appears to air at least 1 to 3 months behind the taping. Pancreatic cancer tends to get misdiagnosed early on or there are few symptoms at first.

I lost a dear friend to PC in 2002. From confirmed diagnosis to death was less than 2 months. Prior to the right diagnosis there was a diabetes misdiagnosis, etc. Had a coworker diagnosed with it later in the 2000's. He received Gemzar which gave him at least a year and a half more life. He stayed working during chemo (on a 4/10 shift, he was no good for Saturday and Sunday after his Friday afternoon chemo, Monday he was barely ok.) The sister of a former neighbor was in on the trials of Gemzar before approval. She had a complete remission.

PC survival rates have changed little since 1970, unlike most other cancers.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;510353]Not an entry in the RIP thread, rather a plea to not appear in it for a while yet - read yesterday that longtime [url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/jeopardy-alex-trebek-pancreatic-cancer-1203156773/]‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer[/url].

Just got done watching the first Team Tournament of Champions last Tuesday night, that ToC was a weeklong affair, and he seemed perfectly fine, for whatever that's worth in the context of "the magic of television".[/QUOTE]

I think that he would say "I'm not dead yet".

[QUOTE=rogue;510373]I think that he would say "I'm not dead yet".[/QUOTE]I posted the item [url=https://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=510333&postcount=1327]over yonder in the "Unhappy me" thread[/url], including a quote of what he actually [i]did[/i] say.

In my book, Alex Trebek is among the bravest of the brave.

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;510383]In my book, Alex Trebek is among the bravest of the brave.[/QUOTE]Don't think too highly of him. He can be a tool on the ice. I have talked to a former pro ref that officiated a celeb pro-am charity game that he was in. He was more of a pain than anyone else there. More than even most pro players that my "friend" has dealt with.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;510384]Don't think too highly of him. [U]He can be a tool on the ice.[/U] I have talked to a former pro ref that officiated a celeb pro-am charity game that he was in. He was more of a pain than anyone else there. More than even most pro players that my "friend" has dealt with.[/QUOTE]
Please forgive my daytime TV and celebrity ignorance. What does "He can be a tool on the ice" mean?

Also, my first response to ewmayer's post would have been "who?", had he not prefaced it with "longtime [URL="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/jeopardy-alex-trebek-pancreatic-cancer-1203156773/"]‘Jeopardy!’ host[/URL]..."
EDIT: This is a major source of Jeopardy!, knowledge, for me:
[YOUTUBE]BvUZijEuNDQ[/YOUTUBE]
I love the cameo of the original song's author at the end.

[QUOTE=kladner;510389]Please forgive my daytime TV and celebrity ignorance. What does "He can be a tool on the ice" mean?[/QUOTE]Hockey. He was playing in a pro-am celeb Hockey game. He argued to much with the ref was not acting the way someone should in one of these games. I don't recall all of the details.

Alex Trebek also has been the host on a number of other game shows (both in Canada and the US of A) and been a spokesman for Colonial Penn life insurance and other things.