Longtime 鈥淛eopardy鈥� host Alex Trebek had surgery for blood clots on the brain, but assured fans he鈥檇 be back reading clues to contestants soon.

Trebek appeared in a video on the 鈥淛eopardy鈥� Facebook page Thursday to announce that he鈥檇 had the surgery during the show鈥檚 holiday break.

Wearing a 鈥淛eopardy鈥� baseball cap and using the same tone he employs to explain difficult subjects on the show, Trebek says 鈥淚 had a slight medical problem, subdural hematoma, blood clots on the brain caused by a fall I endured about two months ago.鈥�

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鈥淪urgery was performed,鈥� he continues, 鈥渁fter two days in the hospital I came home and started recovery. The prognosis is excellent, and I expect to be back in the studio taping more 鈥楯eopardy鈥� programs very, very soon.鈥�

He gave no specific timetable for when he might return.

The 77-year-old Canadian has become an American institution in the decades since he started hosting 鈥淛eopardy鈥� in 1984, beloved for the way he calmly delivers tough trivia to the cognoscenti that make up the show鈥檚 contestants.

The Associated Press

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