James Holzhauer has donated some of his Jeopardy winnings to the Naperville Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk in honor of Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. USA Today covered the story:
"Jeopardy!" champion James Holzhauer made a donation to a pancreatic cancer research walk in his hometown in honor of Alex Trebek.
"Jeopardy!" host Trebek announced in March he's battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. In May, the longtime host of the popular TV game show said he's in "near remission."
Holzhauer donated $1,109.14, "For Alex Trebek and all the other survivors," to the Naperville Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk campaign page of Ann Zediker, a native of Naperville, Illinois, where Holzhauer used to live.
The amount is a reference to Holzhauer's daughter's birthday: Nov. 9, 2014.
Love this! It's nice to know James still has his hometown in mind despite not living there anymore.