Ahead of June 25’s Daytime Emmy Awards show, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences extended posthumous nominations to Alex Trebek and Larry King. (Source: Getty Images) Two television icons who passed away recently will get one more shot at an Emmy Award this summer.Ahead of June 25’s Daytime Emmy Awards show, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences extended posthumous nominations to Alex Trebek and Larry King.Alex Trebek, the longtime host of the game show Jeopardy has passed away at the age of 80.Trebek, the longtime host of the hit game show "Jeopardy!," passed away on Nov.
8, 2020, at the age of 80. He fought a public battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in his later years.When he first announced his diagnosis.