Jan Morris
Born James Humphrey Morris in Wales, Jan Morris (October 2, 1926-November 20, 2020), a journalist, historian, novelist, and globetrotting travel writer, started a second middle-age journey pioneer of the transgender movement. A prolific and accomplished author, Morris wrote hundreds of books in a range of genres and witnessed history first-hand. Morris accompanied a 1953 expedition to Asia led by Sir Edmund Hillary. On the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, the news broke that Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay were the first climbers to scale Mount Everest.
Jan Morris
Alex Trebek
For more than four decades, the unruffled voice of authority for quiz show viewers, “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek (July 22, 1940-November 8, 2020), stood out from his game-show contemporaries, with brainpower, poise, and a mustache for several years. In Sudbury, Ontario, Trebek grew up and majored in philosophy at the University of Ottawa. Before NBC called in 1973 about a game show job, “The Wizard of Odds.” he worked at CBC and other broadcasting companies.
Alex Trebek
