"Jeopardy!" champion Brayden Smith, who competed in some of the last episodes hosted by Alex Trebek, suddenly died in Las Vegas at the age of 24, his family announced on Friday.
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“We are heartbroken to share that our dear Brayden Smith recently passed away unexpectedly,” his mother Debbie Smith said on Twitter. “We are so grateful that Brayden was able to live out his dream on jeopardy.”
The show paid a tribute to Smith on Twitter, stating that they are heartbroken by this tragic loss, asserting that he was kind, funny and absolutely brilliant.
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“Our deepest condolences go out to Brayden’s family. He will be missed," they added on the tweet.
His obituary from funeral service Dignity Memorial noted that he achieved his life-long dream by becoming a five-time "Jeopardy!" champion, winning $115,000.
Most notably, his appearances on the show were taped last October and aired in late December and early January.
They were some of the last episodes hosted by Trebek, who died in November following a Stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis in 2019.
"He was a voracious reader and autodidact, a lover of knowledge and an advocate for justice," the obituary. "His room was bursting with books on political science, philosophy, economics and history."
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