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Alex Trebek announces he has pancreatic cancer

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"Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek announced yesterday he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

"Now, normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I'm going to fight this. And I'm going to keep working and with the love and support of my family and friends - and with the help of your prayers also - I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease," he said.

Trebek, 78, has hosted the game show since it began airing in daily syndication in 1984.

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