If you grew up in the eighties — or even in the nineties — the era of instant-access television wasn’t a concept during your formative years. So chances are, you spent at least a portion of your childhood sitting around the TV with your family watching Alex Trebek guide trivia whiz kids through his bright blue board of questions on Jeopardy!.
So while millions of Americans took to the streets in celebration on Saturday following the official media calling of the 2020 Presidential election in favor of Democratic candidate Joe Biden, that joy was dampened more than a bit not even 24 hours later — when the long-standing game show confirmed that Trebek had passed away at home with his family following his battle with pancreatic cancer.