LOS ANGELES—Alex Trebek got a standing ovation as he accepted an Emmy Award as host of “Jeopardy!”—and immediately set the audience at ease, even as he alluded to his cancer diagnosis.
Trebek, 78, who announced in March he has advanced pancreatic cancer, told the theater audience Sunday he had been worried that sympathy, rather than merit, might snare him the trophy for best game show host.
