LOS ANGELES — Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek was hospitalized Tuesday after a minor heart attack, a spokesman for the game show said.
Trebek, 67, was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center late Monday night and was expected to remain there about two days for tests and observation, said show spokesman Jeff Ritter.
“Thankfully it was a minor heart attack,” Ritter said. He did not give other details.
A post on the official “Jeopardy!” Web site said Trebek was “resting comfortably in a Los Angeles hospital, and he will be back in the studio for the next scheduled tapings in January.” His heart attack was first reported by “Entertainment Tonight.”
Trebek has been the syndicated show’s host since 1984.
Broken water main floods Van Halen’s L.A. yard
LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t the homecoming Eddie Van Halen was hoping for.
The 52-year-old guitarist had been in Edmonton, Alberta, where his band, Van Halen, had just performed, when a call came in early Monday morning from Los Angeles fire officials.
A broken water main in Studio City sent thousands of gallons of water flowing down Coldwater Canyon Avenue and into Van Halen’s yard.
He arrived home from Canada around noon and surveyed the damage.
“It could have been a lot worse,” said Janie Liszewski, Van Halen’s publicist and live-in girlfriend.
“The pool is buried in mud, the driveway gate is down and some major landscaping is going to be needed to restore the yard to its former self,” Liszewski said.
Fire spokesman Cecil Manresa confirmed Van Halen’s home was the only one affected by the water and said sandbags placed around the house prevented any water from getting inside.
Associated Press
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