His widow talked to Guthrie about life since shedding her husband of 30 years.
“I absolutely have moments of waves of grief that just come over me,” Trebek mentioned. “Still, really disbelief that he is — that he is gone. I miss him a lot.”
She additionally mentioned his devotion to charity.
The couple helped to fund a brand new homeless shelter in Los Angeles for the charity Hope of the Valley which now bears their household title.
“He loved representing the underdeveloped countries, communities,” Jean Trebek mentioned. “You know, he really wanted to be a spokesman for the underdog.”
That prolonged to his want to be very public with his most cancers prognosis in an try to assist others, she mentioned.
“I think that is one of Alex’s gifts was that he could be very resolute and know that the truth will not hurt you and he wanted to empower people to move through whatever challenge they had in life with a sense of inner strength, inner dignity and love,” she mentioned.
