Ken Jennings got candid about the last time he saw former Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek before his death. The current host opened up during a Q&A for his book, The Complete Kennections , on August 12, in front of fans at Lake Forest Park, Washington.

Jennings told the audience that he and Trebek were backstage at Jeopardy! shortly before Alex’s death, according to MLT News . “He was, you know, sometimes in a lot of pain,” Ken Jennings shared. “Then Johnny [Gilbert ] would say his name, and like magic, he would just walk out there and be Alex Trebek, you know, 37 years of sense memory and experience, and he could just turn it on.”

Jennings recalls asking Trebek how he was doing, to which he replied, “A lot of people don’t get to hear the nice things said about them after th

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