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㽶ƵֱJeopardy㽶Ƶֱ host Alex Trebek has surgery for blood clots on brain

He gave no specific timetable for when he might return to the trivia show
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Longtime 㽶ƵֱJeopardy㽶Ƶֱ host Alex Trebek had surgery for blood clots on the brain, but assured fans he㽶Ƶֱd be back reading clues to contestants soon.

Trebek appeared in a video on the 㽶ƵֱJeopardy㽶Ƶֱ Facebook page Thursday to announce that he㽶Ƶֱd had the surgery during the show㽶Ƶֱs holiday break.

Wearing a 㽶ƵֱJeopardy㽶Ƶֱ baseball cap and using the same tone he employs to explain difficult subjects on the show, Trebek says 㽶ƵֱI had a slight medical problem, subdural hematoma, blood clots on the brain caused by a fall I endured about two months ago.㽶Ƶֱ

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㽶ƵֱSurgery was performed,㽶Ƶֱ he continues, 㽶Ƶֱafter two days in the hospital I came home and started recovery. The prognosis is excellent, and I expect to be back in the studio taping more 㽶ƵֱJeopardy㽶Ƶֱ programs very, very soon.㽶Ƶֱ

He gave no specific timetable for when he might return.

The 77-year-old Canadian has become an American institution in the decades since he started hosting 㽶ƵֱJeopardy㽶Ƶֱ in 1984, beloved for the way he calmly delivers tough trivia to the cognoscenti that make up the show㽶Ƶֱs contestants.

The Associated Press

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