'Jeopardy!' Host Alex Trebek Suffers Mild Heart Attack

June 24, 2012 Top Stories

"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a mild heart attack in Los Angeles.

'Jeopardy!' Host Alex Trebek Suffers Mild Heart Attack

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The 71-year-old quiz show king is expected to make a full recovery by next month when he begins taping the 29th season of "Jeopardy!"

His rep says, "Trebek is in good spirits and is currently undergoing further testing" at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Trebek, who suffered his first heart attack in 2007, has hosted "Jeopardy!" since 1984, and has recently extended his contract to 2014.

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