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91ƵJeopardy91Ƶ 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 91ƵJeopardy91Ƶ host Alex Trebek had surgery for blood clots on the brain, but assured fans he91Ƶd be back reading clues to contestants soon.

Trebek appeared in a video on the 91ƵJeopardy91Ƶ Facebook page Thursday to announce that he91Ƶd had the surgery during the show91Ƶs holiday break.

Wearing a 91ƵJeopardy91Ƶ baseball cap and using the same tone he employs to explain difficult subjects on the show, Trebek says 91ƵI had a slight medical problem, subdural hematoma, blood clots on the brain caused by a fall I endured about two months ago.91Ƶ

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91ƵSurgery was performed,91Ƶ he continues, 91Ƶafter 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 91ƵJeopardy91Ƶ programs very, very soon.91Ƶ

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 91ƵJeopardy91Ƶ in 1984, beloved for the way he calmly delivers tough trivia to the cognoscenti that make up the show91Ƶs contestants.

The Associated Press

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