pancreatic cancer
The longtime host, who underwent treatment for pancreatic cancer, announced he'll be coming back to the game show.
“It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the Notorious RBG," she told an audience at the University at Buffalo.
Holzhauer donated $1,109.14 to a pancreatic cancer walk in the name of the venerable game show host, who has been fighting the disease.
"It's kind of mind-boggling," the "Jeopardy!" host said.
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The host revealed excruciating details of his struggle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
"In a time of shallow beliefs and rampant truth abuse in our politics and beyond, every night he makes facts first."
The 85-year-old underwent surgery on Friday to remove two cancer growths from her lung.
Though she lived to 76 and was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer, the Queen of Soul died without a will.
But doctors hope the icon's death helps raise awareness of risk factors and a need for research around the disease.
Gold, the first restaurant critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, died of pancreatic cancer.